公开(公告)号：US20180191932A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15395803

申请日：2016-12-30

Applicant: X Development LLC

Inventor： Martin Friedrich Schubert ,  Michael Jason Grundmann

IPC: H04N5/238 ,  H04N5/235 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G01J3/447 ,  H01L27/146

CPC classification number: H04N5/238 ,  G01J3/0224 ,  G01J3/2803 ,  G01J3/2823 ,  G01J3/447 ,  G01J3/513 ,  G01J2003/2806 ,  G01J2003/2813 ,  G01J2003/282 ,  G01J2003/516 ,  H01L27/14625 ,  H01L27/14629 ,  H04N5/2254 ,  H04N5/2351 ,  H04N9/045

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.