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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kazunori Tanaka, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC., Culver City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/58 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G03B 9/08 (2006.01); G03B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0121 (2013.01); G02B 27/58 (2013.01); G03B 9/02 (2013.01); G03B 9/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
System and apparatus including: a plurality of lens elements; and an aperture module coupled to the plurality of lens elements and including an array of pixels, wherein the aperture module is configured to be variable in pattern and transparency. Key words include variable aperture and pixels.