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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2009
Applicant:
Koichiro Ito, Shibuya-Ku, JP;
Inventor:
Koichiro Ito, Shibuya-Ku, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/64 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 23/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an reimaging optical system that has a sufficiently enhanced magnification and better performance, and an endoscope using the same. The reimaging optical systemis adapted to re-form an image by an image guideon a solid-state imaging devicehaving a diagonal length of 6.5 mm or longer, and satisfies the following condition.0.6<(×|β|)/  (1).Here D is the diameter of the image guide, β is the optical transverse magnification of the reimaging optical system, and V in mm is the minor axis direction length of an imaging area of the solid-state imaging device