Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor with switchable optical filter
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Application No.: US15960304Application Date: 2018-04-23
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Publication No.: US10687034B1Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Andrew Samuel Berkovich
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N9/083
- IPC: H04N9/083 ; G01J1/44 ; G01J1/04 ; G01S17/08 ; G02F1/163 ; G01S17/89 ; G02B27/01

Abstract:
Examples of an image sensor are disclosed. In one example, the image sensor comprises a pixel cell, a switchable optical filter, and a controller. The switchable optical filter is configured to select a optical frequency range and allow incident light of the selected optical frequency range to reach the pixel cell. The controller is configured to operate the switchable optical filter to enable the pixel cell to: receive, at different times, information related to incident light of different optical frequency ranges, and generate, at the different times, intensity measurements of the incident light of different optical frequency ranges.
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