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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsuru Hagihara, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); G02B 7/025 (2013.01); G02B 23/2407 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a lens unit and an image pickup unit. The lens unit includes a plurality of optical devices including a first optical device that includes: a first glass substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface and a groove leading to the second principal surface from the first principal surface in at least one of four corners on an outer edge; first resin disposed in the groove; and a resin lens disposed on the second principal surface. The image pickup unit including an image pickup device is disposed on an optical device not including the first resin, of the plurality of optical devices.