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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Yasushi Sogabe, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shigeki Murata, Nara, JP;
Yasushi Sogabe, Nishinomiya, JP;
Shigeki Murata, Nara, JP;
Abstract
A wide-angle imaging device suitable for a monitor area of about 180 degrees. A first reflection mirror () is provided that has, around the rotation center axis () of a rotary symmetrical body, a reflection surface having an approximately ±90-degree convex shape with respect to a reference optical axis direction, an image forming lens () that has a principal point () on the rotation center axis of the first reflection mirror () and forms the image of a reflection beam from the first reflection mirror () and an imaging element () are disposed, and an object within approximately ±90 degrees around the rotation center axis of the first reflection mirror () is imaged.