Invention Grant
US08478123B2 Imaging devices having arrays of image sensors and lenses with multiple aperture sizes
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具有多个孔径尺寸的图像传感器和透镜阵列的成像装置
- Patent Title: Imaging devices having arrays of image sensors and lenses with multiple aperture sizes
- Patent Title (中): 具有多个孔径尺寸的图像传感器和透镜阵列的成像装置
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Application No.: US13108727Application Date: 2011-05-16
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Publication No.: US08478123B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Dongqing Cao , Qun Sun , Juanqing Chen
- Applicant: Dongqing Cao , Qun Sun , Juanqing Chen
- Applicant Address: KY George Town
- Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: KY George Town
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent Louis R. Levenson
- Main IPC: G03B41/00
- IPC: G03B41/00 ; H04N13/02 ; H04N5/225 ; H01L25/00

Abstract:
An array camera may be formed from an array of lenses, an array of corresponding apertures, and an array of corresponding image sensors. The array of apertures may be configured so that some image sensors receive light through apertures of different size than other image sensors. Providing apertures of smaller size increases the F/# of an array camera and increases the depth-of-field in a captured image. The array of image sensors may include a near-infrared image sensor. Providing an image sensor array with a near-infrared image sensor may enhance depth information in captured images or increase night vision capabilities of an array camera. Combining an array of image sensors that includes a near-infrared sensor with an array of apertures having different aperture diameters may allow increased depth-of-field imaging, enhanced extraction of depth information from an image, improved night vision, enhanced image clarity or other improvements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120189293A1 IMAGING DEVICES HAVING ARRAYS OF IMAGE SENSORS AND LENSES WITH MULTIPLE APERTURE SIZES Public/Granted day:2012-07-26
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