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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Ascentia Imaging, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);

Inventors:

Edward R. Dowski, Jr., Lafayette, CO (US);

Gregory Johnson, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Ascentia Imaging, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 1/70 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G01S 17/74 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/70 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01S 17/74 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, an optical sensor includes (i) a first lens array including a plurality of first lenses, (ii) a photodetector array including a plurality of photodetectors each aligned with a respective one of the plurality of first lenses, and (iii) a plurality of signal-modifying elements each aligned with a respective one of the plurality of first lenses. The plurality of signal-modifying elements includes (a) a first signal-modifying optical element having a first spatially-dependent transmission function, and (b) a second signal-modifying optical element having a second spatially-dependent transmission function differing from the first spatially-dependent transmission function.


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