Image pickup apparatus
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Toyoda, Yoshizumi Nakao, Yoshimasa Imahori
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a first lens for converging light incident thereto through a first field area, a first prism to which light is incident through a second field area at a right of the first field area, a second lens for converging the light emitted from the first prism, a second prism to which light is incident through a third field area at a left of the first field area, and a third lens for converging the light emitted from the second prism. The respective lenses are placed at areas corresponding to the vertices of a triangle in a front view.
Claims4
An image pickup apparatus comprising a first lens for converging light incident thereto through a first area, the image pickup apparatus further comprising:
- a first optical-path changing member to which light is incident through a second area at a right of the first area;
- a second lens for converging the light emitted from the first optical-path changing member;
- a second optical-path changing member to which light is incident through a third area at a left of the first area;
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- a third lens for converging the light emitted from the second optical-path changing member;
- wherein the first lens, the second lens and the third lens are placed at areas corresponding to the vertices of a triangle in a front view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.