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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Cortlandt-Manor, NY (US);
Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti, Darien, CT (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera field indicating method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for a camera including imaging optics, a light sensor, the imaging optics and the light sensor intermittently sensing incoming light, and an edge-lit illuminator including a light source and a leaky waveguide situated adjacent the imaging chip so as to share the imaging optics with the light sensor.