To provide a compound-eye imaging apparatus which can shorten the focal length by reducing the spacing between an optical lens and an imaging element.
The compound-eye imaging apparatus 10 includes an optical lens array 3 where a plurality of convex optical lenses 35 having optical axes L parallel to each other are arranged, an imaging element 12 arranged at a predetermined distance from the optical lens array 3, and a barrier member 5 arranged between the optical lens array 3 and the imaging element 12 and isolating each light emitted from each of the plurality of convex optical lenses 35 not to interfere mutually, wherein the barrier member 5 is a flat plate having a plurality of openings 52 corresponding to the plurality of convex optical lenses 35, respectively, and arranged not to touch the optical lens 35 such that the emission surfaces of the plurality of convex optical lenses 35 are partially located on the inside of the plurality of openings 52.
NAKAO YOSHIZUMI
TOYODA TAKASHI
Yoshio Arafune
Takashi Akazawa
Ryuji Inaba
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