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Patent No.:

US 10530974 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2018

Camera assembly with concave-shaped front face

Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Kraz, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kevin Edward Booth, Mountain View, CA (US);

Tyler Scott Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);

Nicholas Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Jason Evans Goulden, Los Gatos, CA (US);

William Dong, Redwood City, CA (US);

Jeffrey Law, San Francisco, CA (US);

Rochus Jacob, San Francisco, CA (US);

Adam Duckworth Mittleman, Redwood City, CA (US);

Oliver Mueller, San Francisco, CA (US);

Brian Conner, San Jose, CA (US);

Scott Mullins, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Daniel M Pasiewicz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G02B 1/11 (2015.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01); G03B 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); G02B 1/11 (2013.01); G02B 5/208 (2013.01); G03B 11/048 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/08 (2013.01); G03B 31/00 (2013.01); G08B 13/19619 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04R 1/023 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face has a concave shape that extends around an entirety of an outer periphery.

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