Patent ID: 6016224
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An optical apparatus for forming a plurality of images of an object, comprising:an object-side lens group on an object side thereof which collimates a bundle of light from the object; andan image-side lens array on an image side thereof which forms a plurality of images of the object from said collimated bundle of light, and satisfying the following condition (1):0.8.ltoreq.q/p.ltoreq.1.0 (1)where p represents an intercentral distance between any replicated input image within an array of input images replicated on a back focal plane of the image-side lens array and a replicated input image nearest thereto, and q is a length of a segment of a line passing through centers of both said replicated input images which is cut off by one replicated input image.