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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Tomohiko Takayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiko Takayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of image sensors are arranged so that each of odd rows is constituted by image sensors lined up in the X direction, and each of even rows is constituted by image sensors, more than that of the odd row by 1, lined up in the X direction at the same pitch as the odd row with a 1/2 phase shift with respect to the odd row. Light receiving areas of image sensors on both ends of the even row include both ends in the X direction of an imaging target area image respectively, and a length in the Y direction of an area covering the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the first row to the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the last row is longer than a length in the Y direction of the imaging target area image.