Patent ID: 8456565
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G02B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging lens configured to have an aperture stop; an imaging element configured to include a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged along a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction and acquire imaging data based on received light; and a microlens array configured to be disposed between the imaging lens and the imaging element and include a plurality of microlenses, wherein the imaging element includes a pixel area composed of m×n pixels, m and n denoting a number equal to or larger than 2 in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, in the imaging element being assigned to a respective one of the microlenses, and wherein positional displacement is set between the microlens and the pixel area such that at least two pixels in the pixel area are aligned with a center portion of the microlens; and wherein displacement width of the positional displacement is 0.5 Pw, where Pw is pixel width.