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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Keisuke Araki, Yokohama, JP;
Sadahiko Tsuji, Yokohama, JP;
Tsunefumi Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Norihiro Nanba, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Saruwatari, Kawasaki, JP;
Michiharu Aratani, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/744 ; G02B 5/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/744 ; G02B 5/18 ;
Abstract
An optical element includes an incidence surface, one or more reflecting surfaces reflecting light from the incident surface, an emergence surface, and off-axial curved surfaces causing the light to emerge from the emergence surface. At least one of the incidence surface, the emergence surface and the one or more reflecting surfaces is a surface having diffracting action. The surface having the diffracting action is a curved surface.