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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Erik L. Waldron, Concord, MA (US);
Gregory P. Blasche, Burlington, MA (US);
Paul Bohn, Brighton, MA (US);
Robin Mark Adrian Dawson, Waltham, MA (US);
Walter Foley, Colton, NY (US);
Samuel Harrison, Acton, MA (US);
Matthew T. Jamula, Brighton, MA (US);
Juha-Pekka J. Laine, Boston, MA (US);
Benjamin F. Lane, Grafton, MA (US);
Sean McClain, Somerville, MA (US);
Francis J. Rogomentich, Wilmington, MA (US);
Stephen P. Smith, Acton, MA (US);
John James Boyle, Bourne, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A digital camera optically couples a monocentric lens to image sensor arrays, without optical fibers, yet shields the image sensor arrays from stray light. In some digital cameras, baffles are disposed between an outer surface of a monocentric lens and each image sensor array to shield the image sensor arrays from stray light. In other such digital cameras, an opaque mask defines a set of apertures, one aperture per image sensor array, to limit the amount of stray light. Some digital cameras include both masks and baffles.