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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:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/04 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/04 (2013.01); G02B 7/023 (2013.01); G02B 7/025 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 13/001 (2013.01); G02B 13/002 (2013.01); G02B 13/0045 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
The imaging apparatus comprises a retractable structure with active and inactive positions. In the inactive position the lens group resides in proximity to an image sensor, and in the active position the lens group resides at a predetermined distance from the image sensor. The lens group is moved between active and inactive positions by at least one actuator. The imaging apparatus also includes a field flattening lens with a concave shape on the side opposite to the image sensor and facing the moving lens group.