Patent ID: 9327655
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B60R,G02B

Claim Text:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: a first optical member having a predetermined first focal point distance that is a distance to an image-side focal point in an image side, wherein light rays, which come from an object side in parallel to an optical axis, converge at the image-side focal point in the image side, the first optical member separating along the optical axis from a first object and a second object in the object side by a first distance and a second distance, respectively, the second distance being longer than the first distance; an image sensor disposed at a first image formation point where an image is formed by light rays coming from the first object and passing through the first optical member, the image sensor being along a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, the image sensor including a plurality of light reception elements in array along the plane, each light reception element outputting a reception signal proportional to an intensity of a received light, the image sensor generating a picture based on the reception signals; a second optical member having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of air, the second optical member being disposed in between the first optical member and the image sensor to refract light rays coming from the second object and passing through the first optical member, the second optical member permitting a second on-axis position to be approximate to a first on-axis position, the second on-axis position being a foot of perpendicular line to the optical axis from a second image formation point where an image is formed by light rays coming from the second object and passing through the first optical member and the second optical member, the first on-axis position being a foot of perpendicular line to the optical axis from the first image formation point; and a light reduction member to reduce an intensity of a border light that enters the image sensor, the border light including a long distance border light and a short distance border light,