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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Yuji Toriumi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Toriumi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging optical system includes a plurality of optical systems each including a plurality of optical members, a first reflection member, disposed for each one of the optical systems, configured to reflect light when the light passing through the plurality of optical members, and a variable aperture member having an opening disposed at an image sensor side when viewed from the first reflection member, the variable aperture member configured to change a size of the opening through which the light reflected from the first reflection member passes through, and at least a part of the variable aperture member is disposed at a position overlapping with an area corresponding to a first lens, disposed at the most object side in the plurality of optical members, along an optical axis direction.