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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Jun Tanida, Suita, JP;
Ryoichi Horisaki, Suita, JP;
Yoshizumi Nakao, Daito, JP;
Takashi Toyoda, Daito, JP;
Yasuo Masaki, Daito, JP;
Jun Tanida, Suita, JP;
Ryoichi Horisaki, Suita, JP;
Yoshizumi Nakao, Daito, JP;
Takashi Toyoda, Daito, JP;
Yasuo Masaki, Daito, JP;
Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Daito-shi, JP;
Osaka University, Suita-shi, JP;
Abstract
An imaginary object plane is set in front of an imaging device body (plane setting step). A part of optical conditions of optical lenses are changed as variables, and positions of points (pixel observation points) on the imaginary object plane where lights coming from pixels of a solid-state imaging element and back-projected through the optical lenses are calculated (pixel observation point calculating step). The dispersion in position of the calculated pixel observation points is evaluated (evaluating step). Finally, a set of values of the variables giving maximum evaluated dispersion of the calculated pixel observation points is determined as optimum optical condition of the optical lenses (condition determining step). This reduces the number of pixels which image the same portions of the target object, making it possible to reduce portions of the same image information in multiple unit images, and to stably obtain a reconstructed image having a high definition.