ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,293, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nikon Corp. (Tokyo).
"Imaging apparatus" was invented by Toru Iwane (Yokohama, Japan) and Kyoya Tokunaga (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus having high resolution and high optical performance and reduced in size is provided. A camera module 1, which is an imaging apparatus incorporated in an optical apparatus, such as a camera 60, includes a plurality of optical systems UL, which each include a primary reflection mirror 12, which is a first reflector, and a secondary reflection mirror 13, which is a second reflector, sequentially arranged from the object side alo...