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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jill D. Berger, Saratoga, CA (US);
Steven M. Swain, San Jose, CA (US);
Tianran Liang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kevin Y. Yasumura, Lafayette, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); C03C 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/0268 (2013.01); C03C 17/007 (2013.01); G02B 5/0242 (2013.01); G02B 5/0278 (2013.01); G02B 6/359 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); C03C 2217/452 (2013.01); C03C 2217/485 (2013.01); G02B 6/356 (2013.01); G02B 6/3512 (2013.01); G02B 6/3556 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a camera system are provided. The apparatus includes an imaging screen configured to diffuse incoming light, and a lens system coupled to the imaging screen and configured to focus light from the imaging screen onto a CMOS image sensor. The imaging screen includes a ceramic diffuser layer fused into a surface of a glass substrate, and a thickness of the ceramic diffuser layer is within a range of about 7-10 μm.