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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Kano, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical system is configured to guide light from a light source to a first target and a second target, and to guide first reflected light from the first target and second reflected light from the second target to an image sensor. The optical system includes a first optical element having a conical surface. An intermediate image is formed between the first optical element and each of the first target and the second target. The first reflected light and the second reflected light are guided to an imaging plane of the image sensor such that at least part of the first reflected light and part of the second reflected light overlap each other on the imaging plane.