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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Kazumasa Kaneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Asoma, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Kazumasa Kaneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshito Asoma, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4811 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light condensing lens includes a plurality of lenses disposed side by side in a splitting direction of a view angle to condense incident light over a range corresponding to respective split portions of the view angle. The view angle is split in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the incident light.