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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoru Mizouchi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Tsunefumi Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359671 ; 359668 ; 359619 ; 359711 ; 359720 ;
Abstract
The present invention is characterized in that when a phototaking lens system forms image information on a image pickup device in which a plurality of light-receiving elements are arranged in a non-square lattice pattern and a signal from the image pickup device is sampled in a square lattice to obtain a two-dimensional digital image, the phototaking lens system forms an image as optically correcting for a distortion of aspect ratio of image caused upon sampling in the square lattice.