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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Koichi Takahashi, Hachioji, JP;
Toshiya Sodeyama, Ina, JP;
Fumito Orii, Chino, JP;
Izuru Kiyokawa, Machida, JP;
Koichi Takahashi, Hachioji, JP;
Toshiya Sodeyama, Ina, JP;
Fumito Orii, Chino, JP;
Izuru Kiyokawa, Machida, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera unit capable of taking good visibility images covering a wide field of view, and having a thinner profile includes an imaging optical unit having free-curved surface prisms for forming subject images, a single imaging device for photoelectrically-converting the subject images from a plurality of directions formed by the imaging optical unit, a signal processing unit, a communication unit, and a control unit for controlling operation of the imaging device and the signal processing unit.