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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Tatsuji Higuchi, Akiruno, JP;
Masaaki Daigaku, Tama, JP;
Yukinori Takahashi, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuo Asakura, Hachioji, JP;
Naoki Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The first electronic imaging device, which performs a photoelectric-conversion of a subject light with an imaging element and records it, according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a first lens arranged along a first optical axis to take a luminous flux from the subject, an optical axis conversion material which bends the luminous flux which passes the first lens along a second optical axis which intersects with the first optical axis, a second lens which images the luminous flux bent along the second optical axis to the imaging element arranged on the second optical axis, and an optical amount adjustment device provided between the imaging element and the optical axis conversion material.