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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Masayoshi Imoto, Aichi, JP;
Masayoshi Imoto, Aichi, JP;
Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device has a single image pickup element, an image pickup lens arranged in front of the image pickup element, a first optical element having a concave lens property and arranged in front of the image pickup lens, and a second optical elements having no concave lens property and arranged in front of the image pickup lens. The first optical element guides light from a wide angle range in a forward slanting lower side direction onto the image pickup lens, and forms the light as an image in the image pickup element via the image pickup lens. The second optical elements guide lights from non-wide angle ranges in both left and right side directions onto the image pickup lens, and form these lights as images in the image pickup element via the image pickup lens.