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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2013
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Katsunuma, Shiraoka, JP;
Kenichi Kodama, Mito, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an imaging device () having: a front optical system () that transmits light from an object; a spectral filter array () that transmits light from the front optical system () via a plurality of spectral filters; a small lens array () that transmits the light from the plurality of spectral filters via a plurality of small lenses respectively, and forms a plurality of object images; a picture element () that captures the plurality of object images respectively; and an image processor () that determines two-dimensional spectral information on the object images based on image signals output from the picture element (). The front optical system () is configured to transmit the light from the focused object to collimate the light into a parallel luminous flux.