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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
H3d, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Price Tefft, Dexter, MI (US);
William Robert Kaye, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Weiyi Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yvan Anders Boucher, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jason Michael Jaworski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Glenn Wahl, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
H3D, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an imaging assembly and a method of controlling the imaging assembly. The assembly includes a housing having a sensor configured to detect radiation impinging on the sensor from a plurality of directions. The assembly may employ one or more shields, including a first internal shield having a first annular body between a first inner surface and a first outer surface. The first internal shield is configured to be placed in the housing such that the first inner surface at least partially surrounds the sensor. When the first internal shield is placed in the housing, the sensor is configured to receive a first central zone radiation through a first field of view, and a first peripheral zone radiation through a first peripheral view. The assembly is configured to provide at least one of a controllable field of view and reduced background contamination in an image domain.