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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Kenji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Hayasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Ichimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kengo Hayasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an imaging device, including: an imaging lens having an aperture stop; an imaging element adapted to obtain image data based on received light; and a microlens array provided in the focal plane of the imaging lens between the imaging lens and imaging element, the microlens array including a plurality of microlenses arranged in such a manner that each microlens is associated with a plurality of imaging pixels of the imaging element, wherein the arrangement of the microlenses of the microlens array is corrected from an equidistant arrangement to a non-linear arrangement according to the height of the image from the imaging lens on the imaging element.