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Optical imaging device

  • US 5,859,420 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1996
  • Issued: 01/12/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An optical imaging device comprising:

  • a source of light for illuminating an object to be imaged so that a light beam derived from said object and carrying its image is formed,image focusing means for dividing said derived light beam into a plurality of focused sub-beams carrying subimages of said object, and for focusing each of said sub-beams on a focal plane, anda plurality of charge coupled device array image sensors corresponding to said plurality of sub-beams, each image sensor disposed in a focal plane corresponding to one of said sub-beams, for receiving and converting a corresponding subimage into an electric signal and each charge coupled device array comprising an array of m x n charge coupled devices where m and n are both greater than 1.

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