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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Masashi Kitabayashi, Horigane-mura, JP;
Koichi Kojima, Shimosuwa-machi, JP;
Shunji Umemura, Hotaka-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens evaluation method for calculating resolution evaluation value based on a detected luminance value in order to evaluate resolution of lens has a background luminance value acquiring step for acquiring a luminance value at a background part having no test pattern formed thereon, a maximum luminance value acquiring step for acquiring maximum luminance value in the test pattern image, a minimum luminance value acquiring step for acquiring minimum luminance value and an evaluation value calculating step for calculating a resolution evaluation value based on the luminance values obtained in the respective steps.