US Patent Issued to CANON on Jan. 27 for "Image pickup apparatus, measuring apparatus, and article manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,355, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus, measuring apparatus, and article manufacturing method" was invented by Soya Saijo (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, and an optical system configured to divide light from an area extending in a first direction of an object into a plurality of lights in a section orthogonal to the first direction, and to condense the plurality of lights on an imaging surface of the image sensor. A predetermined condition is satisfied."

The patent was filed on Aug. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/364,48...