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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2019
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wenshou Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Guansong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiyi Ren, San Jose, CA (US);
Chin Poh Pang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Badrinath Padmanabhan, San Jose, CA (US);
Alireza Bonakdar, San Jose, CA (US);
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photodiodes arranged as a photodiode array. The plurality of photodiodes includes a first set of photodiodes configured as phase detection photodiodes, and a second set of photodiodes configured as polarization detection photodiodes. In some embodiments, a controller is provided. The controller comprises circuitry configured to process signals from a first set of photodiodes of a photodiode array to obtain depth information; process signals from a second set of photodiodes of the photodiode array to obtain polarization information; process the polarization information to obtain an ambiguous set of surface normals; and process the ambiguous set of surface normals using the depth information to obtain a three-dimensional shape image.