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Image input apparatus

  • US 6,559,452 B1
  • Filed: 08/03/2000
  • Issued: 05/06/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image input apparatus having a plurality of sensors each including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, said image input apparatus comprising:

  • a first group including one or a plurality of pixel areas; and

    a second group including a plurality of pixel areas arranged adjacently to each other surrounding said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group, as viewed along an image input direction, wherein said plurality of pixel areas of said second group are arranged so as to be nearer to an image input surface symmetrically with respect to said first group, than said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group.

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