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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicants:
Yuji Yamanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/30 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/30 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image capturing device includes an optical system that focuses lights from an object to generate optical information, a filter provided near a diaphragm position of the optical system, the filter having a plurality of types of spectral characteristics, a sensor that converts the optical information of the object to electronic data, the sensor providing a plurality of spectral transmittance values that sequentially and spatially change, and a lens array having a plurality of lenses being arranged in substantially parallel in a direction of a two-dimensional surface of the sensor.