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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Takeshi Hosoya, Machida, JP;
Masahito Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;
Tomoyuki Satori, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Shirota, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Hosoya, Machida, JP;
Masahito Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;
Tomoyuki Satori, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Shirota, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens, and an image pickup element having an image pickup surface which receives optically an image formed by the zoom lens, and which converts the image received to an electric signal. The image pickup apparatus satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) Lv 1 Er/Lv 1 EL<0.49, (2) 0.93<Lv 1 Ef/IHs, and (3) Lv 1 Ef/Lv 1 Er<0.99.