Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polarization sensitive image sensor
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Application No.: US15395803Application Date: 2016-12-30
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Publication No.: US10341576B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Martin Friedrich Schubert , Michael Jason Grundmann
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01J3/02
- IPC: G01J3/02 ; H04N5/238 ; G01J3/28 ; G01J3/447 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N9/04 ; G01J3/51

Abstract:
A device includes a first multi-element image sensor; a second multi-element image sensor; and a polarizing layer positioned between the first and second multi-element image sensors. A portion of light having a first polarization state incident on the device along a first direction is transmitted through the first image sensor, is transmitted through the polarizing layer, and is detected by the second image sensor, and light having a second polarization state orthogonal to the first polarization state incident on the device along the first direction is transmitted through the first image sensor, is blocked by the polarizing layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180191932A1 Polarization Sensitive Image Sensor Public/Granted day:2018-07-05
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