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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Fujita, Machida, JP;
Toshihiro Kanematsu, Atsugi, JP;
Shigeyoshi Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ikuo Maeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Takahito Uga, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359619 ; 359622 ; 359627 ; 359726 ;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a first focusing element on which rays from an object are incident, a second focusing element from which the rays are emitted toward an imaging surface, and a roof mirror having surfaces which are connected to each other at an angle of 90.degree. so that a ridge line is formed, the roof mirror being arranged so that the ridge line intersects optical axes of the first focusing element and the second focusing element at a position on a plane including the optical axes.