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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ryuji Ohmuro, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 50 ; 358 55 ; 359665 ; 359637 ;
Abstract
An optical apparatus comprising an objective lens for producing a light bundle, a color separation prism receptive of the light bundle for producing two or more component light beams, two or more solid-state image sensors arranged behind the respective spaces between the exit faces of the prism in fixedly secured relation, and optical means arranged in all but one of the spaces between the exit faces of the prism and the image sensors to vary the lengths of the optical paths.