Image forming apparatus for forming image corresponding to subject, by dividing optical image corresponding to the subject into plural adjacent optical image parts
December 18, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3291905 Optical system for the display of visual images Optical scanning apparatus Optical beam-splitting arrangements on object side of a lens Method and apparatus for arraying image sensor modules Solid state camera High-resolution CCD imagers using area-array CCD's for sensing spectral components of an optical line image Image reader using a plurality of CCDs Optical beam-splitting arrangements on image side of a lens Teleconference facility with high resolution video display InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 628860 filed on 12/18/1990US Classes:348/335, Optics348/294Solid-state image sensorExaminersPrimary: Goldstein, HerbertAssistant: Greening, Wendy R. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesH04N 005/225G02B 013/16 Foreign Application Priority Data1989-12-21 JPAbstractAn image forming apparatus for forming an image corresponding to a subject is provided, which image forming apparatus includes a taking lens for making an optical image corresponding to the subject, and a dividing portion for dividing the optical image transmitted via said taking lens into several adjacent optical image parts. The image forming apparatus further includes several solid-state image sensors corresponding to the number of the optical image parts, each of said solid-state image sensors receiving a corresponding optical image part from among the several optical image parts from the dividing portion and outputting an image signal corresponding to the optical image part, the optical image parts received by said solid-state image sensors being adjacent to each other. Finally, the image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, coupled to said solid-state image sensors, for forming an image part corresponding to the respective optical image part based on the image signal transmitted from one of said solid-state image sensors, and for composing each image part to form the image corresponding to the subject by arranging the image parts to be adjacent to each other like the optical image parts. | |
