Compound-eye imaging device

A compound-eye imaging device comprising:

• an optical lens array with multiple integrated optical lenses having optical axes parallel to each other;
• a stop member for shielding unnecessary ambient light from entering the optical lenses;
• a photodetector array formed of a semiconductor substrate and placed at a predetermined distance from the optical lens array for imaging multiple images which are respectively formed by the optical lenses;
• a light shielding block which is placed between the optical lens array and the photodetector array, and which has a partition wall for partitioning a space between the optical lens array and the photodetector array into a matrix of spaces as seen on a plane perpendicular to the optical axes so as to prevent lights emitted from the respective optical lens from interfering each other;
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• an optical filter for transmitting light in a specific wavelength range among light components emitted from the optical lenses,
• wherein the optical filter is a part of, and integral with, the photodetector array.