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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Yoshihito Souma, Sakai, JP;
Yasushi Yamamoto, Kishiwada, JP;
Tsutomu Honda, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image-taking lens unit has an image-taking lens system that forms an optical image of an object and an image sensor that receives the optical image in a rectangular image-sensing region and converts the optical image into an electrical signal. The image-taking lens system includes a reflective optical element that bends the optical path. Of the lens elements constituting the image-taking lens system, the most image-side lens element called the last lens element is molded of resin, and is given a non-circular outer shape fulfilling a prescribed condition.