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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Shigehiro Miyatake, Osaka, JP;
Jun Tanida, Kobe, JP;
Kenji Yamada, Kawachinagano, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image input apparatus which reconfigures a single reconfigured image from a plurality of low-resolution, object reduced images formed in a specified region on the light detecting element by the micro-lens array, wherein a high-resolution, single reconfigured image can be obtained even if the distance between the subject and the micro-lens array is long (infinitely long, for example), and further a reconfigured image can be realized in colors. The image input apparatus is characterized in that the relative distance between a micro-lens () and light detecting cells () in a specified region, where object reduced images corresponding to the micro-lens () are formed, is different in each micro-lenses (). In addition, the light detecting cells () are divided into a plurality of regions, and color filters (primary color filter, or complementary color filter, for example) are disposed in each of the divided regions.