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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Nomura, Ichihara, JP;
Masayuki Katagiri, Ikoma, JP;
Keisuke Iwasaki, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Noritoshi Kako, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359463 ; 359462 ; 359619 ; 359621 ; 359622 ; 359623 ; 359624 ; 352 57 ; 352 61 ;
Abstract
A stereoscopic image capture device of this invention includes: an image capturing face on which light from an object is incident; an optical element disposed on a side of the image capturing face on which the light is incident, the optical element converting an angle at which the light is incident thereon to a distance from an optical axis the optical element; and an afocal optical system including a plurality of lenses, wherein the afocal optical system forms, on the optical element, an image of the object formed on one of the plurality of lenses which is closest to the object.