Title:
IMAGING DEVICE, LENS UNIT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/126092
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are an imaging device using a compound eye optical system, and a lens unit, and a method for manufacturing an imaging device, with which variations in the image formation position can be suppressed while enabling low-cost mass production. The imaging device has: a compound eye optical system equipped with an array lens formed by arranging multiple lenses, at least a portion of which are formed of plastic, as an array in which the lenses have mutually different light axes; a lens frame having a top surface part that covers the portion of a first surface on the object side of the compound eye optical system which excludes the lenses, and a side surface part that supports the top surface part; and a solid-state imaging element that converts a photographic subject imaged by the compound eye optical system into electrical signals. The side surface part of the lens frame is adhered to the solid-state imaging element or to a member that is affixed to the solid-state imaging element, and the portion of the first surface of the compound eye optical system which excludes the lenses is adhered to the top surface part of the lens frame.
Inventors:
KUWANA MINORU (JP)
ARAI KEIJI (JP)
ARAI KEIJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/053163
Publication Date:
August 21, 2014
Filing Date:
February 12, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA INC (JP)
International Classes:
G02B7/02; G02B3/00; G03B15/00; G03B19/07; H04N5/225
Domestic Patent References:
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Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TAMURA Keijiro et al. (JP)
Keijichiro Tamura (JP)
Keijichiro Tamura (JP)
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