STEREOSCOPIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

Organization Name

[[Category:Daisuke Ito of Tochigi (JP)]]

STEREOSCOPIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18318034 titled 'STEREOSCOPIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a stereoscopic optical system that consists of two parallel optical systems.

Each optical system includes multiple lens units and two reflective surfaces on the image side.
The distance between adjacent lens units in each optical system changes when zooming.
The distance between the optical axes of the two optical systems is narrower on the image side than on the object side.
The system satisfies a predetermined condition.
The invention aims to improve the stereoscopic imaging capabilities of the optical system.

Original Abstract Submitted

A stereoscopic optical system includes two optical systems disposed in parallel. Each of the two optical systems includes a plurality of lens units and two reflective surfaces disposed on an image side of the plurality of lens units. A distance between adjacent lens units in each of the two optical systems changes during zooming. A distance between optical axes of the two optical systems is narrower on the image side of the two reflective surfaces than on an object side of the two reflective surfaces. A predetermined condition is satisfied.