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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/17 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2259 (2013.01); G02B 13/0065 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/3415 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention describes an apparatus for detecting an object area with a flat housing having a first main side, a second main side, a lateral side; and a multi-aperture device with a plurality of laterally juxtaposed optical channels facing the lateral side, wherein each optical channel is configured to detect a respective partial area of the object area through the lateral side or along an optical axis of the respective optical channel that is deflected between a lateral course within the housing and a non-lateral course outside the housing, wherein the partial areas of the optical channels cover the object area.