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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2009
Dai Shintani, Osaka, JP;
Masato Murayama, Osaka, JP;
Dai Shintani, Osaka, JP;
Masato Murayama, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus which can perform phase difference detection while causing light to enter an imaging device is provided. An imaging unit () includes an imaging device () for receiving light to perform photoelectric conversion, the imaging device () being configured so that light passes through the imaging device (), a phase difference detection unit () including a line sensor () for receiving the light which has passed through the imaging device () to perform phase difference detection, and a condenser lens (), provided between the imaging device () and the line sensor (), for bending an optical path of the light which has passed through the imaging device () to direct the light to the line sensor ().