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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:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Contrast, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventors:

Willie C. Kiser, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Nora Tocci, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Michael D. Tocci, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Assignee:

CONTRAST, INC., Albuquerque, NM (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); H04N 9/09 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2013.01); G02B 27/106 (2013.01); G02B 27/108 (2013.01); G02B 27/1066 (2013.01); G02B 27/145 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 9/09 (2013.01); H04N 9/646 (2013.01); H04N 9/76 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention is relates to systems and methods for high dynamic range (HDR) image capture and video processing in mobile devices. Aspects of the invention include a mobile device, such as a smartphone or digital mobile camera, including at least two image sensors fixed in a co-planar arrangement to a substrate and an optical splitting system configured to reflect at least about 90% of incident light received through an aperture of the mobile device onto the co-planar image sensors, to thereby capture a HDR image. In some embodiments, greater than about 95% of the incident light received through the aperture of the device is reflected onto the image sensors.


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