Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light field image sensor, method and applications
- Patent Title (中): 光场图像传感器,方法和应用
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Application No.: US13055566Application Date: 2009-07-24
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Publication No.: US08530811B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Alyosha Molnar , Albert Wang
- Applicant: Alyosha Molnar , Albert Wang
- Applicant Address: US NY Ithaca
- Assignee: Cornell University
- Current Assignee: Cornell University
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Ithaca
- Agency: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
- Agent William Greener
- International Application: PCT/US2009/051660 WO 20090724
- International Announcement: WO2010/044943 WO 20100422
- Main IPC: G02B27/42
- IPC: G02B27/42

Abstract:
An angle-sensitive pixel (ASP) device that uses the Talbot effect to detect the local intensity and incident angle of light includes two local diffraction gratings stacked above a photodiode. When illuminated by a plane wave, the upper grating generates a self-image at a selected Talbot depth. The second grating, placed at this depth, blocks or passes light depending upon incident angle. Several such structures, tuned to different incident angles, are sufficient to extract local incident angle and intensity. Arrays of such structures are sufficient to localize light sources in three dimensions without any additional optics.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110174998A1 LIGHT FIELD IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD AND APPLICATIONS Public/Granted day:2011-07-21
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