Patent ID: 7880794
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G02B,H01L

Abstract:
1. An imaging device for imaging an object, comprising: a lens array comprising a plurality of lens elements arranged in a matrix and having optical power in at least one surface; and an image sensor comprising a plurality of imaging regions arranged in a matrix, each of the imaging regions having a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and receiving an optical image of the object formed by corresponding one of the lens elements so that the optical image is converted into an electric image signal, wherein: each lens element and the imaging region corresponding to the lens element constitute an imaging unit, the imaging units include a first imaging unit and a second imaging unit, a first region of the object of which image is received by the first imaging unit is fully included in a second region of the object of which image is received by the second imaging unit, and the second region of the object is larger than the first region of the object.