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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Tatehira, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Tatehira, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsushi Kokubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitoshi Mukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazumasa Tanaka, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image pickup apparatus, a method for capturing an image, and a method for designing the image pickup apparatus capable of realizing a fixed focal length image pickup apparatus of high resolution and fine resolution at a low cost by disposing a plurality of image pickup elements therein. An image pickup deviceis of a focal coincidence type having a plurality of image pickup elements, such as CCD sensors-to-, arranged in an array. That is, the image pickup devicehas an optical system including a first image formation systemfor forming an image of focal coincidence, a field lensdisposed in an image formation plane or in the vicinity of the image formation plane of the first image formation system, and a second image formation system group formed by a plurality of second image formation systems arranged in an array and including an image pickup element CCD sensor-K (K is a value between 1 and 3 in this example) for capturing the image formed on itself and a zoom lens-K for reforming a predetermined, part of the image formed on the image formation plane on the CCD sensor-K. The present invention is applicable to a digital still camera and a digital video camera including a plurality of image pickup elements.