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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Takashi Toyoda, Daito, JP;
Yoshizumi Nakao, Daito, JP;
Yoshimasa Imahori, Daito, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a first lens for converging light incident thereto through a first field area, a first prism to which light is incident through a second field area at a right of the first field area, a second lens for converging the light emitted from the first prism, a second prism to which light is incident through a third field area at a left of the first field area, and a third lens for converging the light emitted from the second prism. The respective lenses are placed at areas corresponding to the vertices of a triangle in a front view.