Image sensor and imaging apparatus
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorYoshiyuki ITOU
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Abstract
A resolving power is enhanced two-dimensionally without reducing a pixel size. For this purpose, when the direction of travel of a flying object is taken as a row direction and the direction orthogonal to the row direction is taken as a column direction, a plurality of sensor units each including a plurality of linear array sensors extending in the column direction are provided in the row direction, and the sensor units are arranged deviated by a preset block interval in the row direction relative to the sensor units adjacent to each other, as well as arranged deviated by a preset shift interval in the column direction.
Claims16
An image sensor to be mounted on a flying object, configured to receive a light from an object to be imaged to convert the light into an electrical signal,
- wherein, when a direction of travel of the flying object is taken as a row direction and a direction orthogonal to the row direction is taken as a column direction, a plurality of sensor units each including a plurality of linear array sensors extending in the column direction are provided in the row direction, and
- wherein the sensor units are arranged deviated by a preset block interval in the row direction relative to adjacent sensor unit, as well as arranged deviated by a preset shift interval in the column direction.
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