Patent ID: 9291749
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G02B,G03G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging optical system comprising a plurality of lens optical system rows each including a plurality of lens optical systems arranged in a first direction, wherein the plurality of lens optical system rows is arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and to an optical axis direction, wherein each of the plurality of lens optical systems in each of the plurality of lens optical system rows is configured to form an erect equal-magnification image in a cross section perpendicular to the second direction and configured to form an inverted image in a cross section perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein, in a cross section perpendicular to the optical axis direction, optical axes of the respective plurality of lens optical systems in adjoining ones of the plurality of lens optical system rows are separated from one another in the first direction and are located on a same line.