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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Wan-chin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Wan-chin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A lens array, a linear light exposure device, and an optical apparatus including the linear light exposure device. The lens array includes: an image side lens array unit in which a plurality of lens cells are arranged in at least one line along an arrangement direction to have optical axes parallel with each other; and a light blocking unit provided on an incidence surface of the image side lens array unit, the light blocking unit having light transmission regions, through which light is transmitted toward each lens cell, and blocking regions in regions other than the light transmission regions, wherein each lens cell of the image side lens array unit has a square formed effective optical region.