Image input device
First Claim
1. An image input apparatus comprising:
- a micro-lens array having a plurality of micro-lenses; and
a light detecting element facing said micro-lens array;
wherein a single object image of an subject is obtained by rearranging image information of a plurality of object reduced images focused on a prescribed region on said light detecting element by said micro-lens array, and a relative position between said micro-lens and said prescribed region on said light detecting element, on which said object reduced images are focused as responding to each one of said micro-lenses, is arrayed differently for each of said micro-lens.
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Abstract
An image input apparatus which reconfigures a single reconfigured image from a plurality of low-resolution, object reduced images formed in a specified region on the light detecting element by the micro-lens array, wherein a high-resolution, single reconfigured image can be obtained even if the distance between the subject and the micro-lens array is long (infinitely long, for example), and further a reconfigured image can be realized in colors. The image input apparatus is characterized in that the relative distance between a micro-lens (1a) and light detecting cells (3a) in a specified region, where object reduced images corresponding to the micro-lens (1a) are formed, is different in each micro-lenses (1a). In addition, the light detecting cells (3a) are divided into a plurality of regions, and color filters (primary color filter, or complementary color filter, for example) are disposed in each of the divided regions.
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1. An image input apparatus comprising:
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a micro-lens array having a plurality of micro-lenses; and
a light detecting element facing said micro-lens array;
wherein a single object image of an subject is obtained by rearranging image information of a plurality of object reduced images focused on a prescribed region on said light detecting element by said micro-lens array, and a relative position between said micro-lens and said prescribed region on said light detecting element, on which said object reduced images are focused as responding to each one of said micro-lenses, is arrayed differently for each of said micro-lens. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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