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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/097 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232125 (2018.08); A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); H04N 5/232133 (2018.08); H04N 9/097 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical device for capturing an image of a scene, the optical device comprising: a plurality of image sensors each operable to capture a respective initial image of the scene; a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor, each image sensor being located at a different respective distance from the lens arrangement; and an image processor operable to generate the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images.