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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiko Kajiyama, Utsunomiya, JP;
Koji Maezawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical system includes a first optical element including a first reflecting region having a convex shape toward an enlargement side, a second optical element having a reduction-side surface having a convex shape toward the enlargement side, and a third optical element having an enlargement-side surface having a convex shape toward the enlargement side, wherein the reduction-side surface of the second optical element or the enlargement-side surface of the third optical element includes a second reflecting region, wherein the third optical element includes a refracting region having positive power, and wherein light from the enlargement side proceeds to a reduction side sequentially through a refracting region of the first optical element, the second reflecting region, the first reflecting region, a refracting region of the second optical element, and the refracting region of the third optical element.