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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:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wenshou Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Yiyi Ren, San Jose, CA (US);

Guansong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);

Badri Padmanabhan, San Jose, CA (US);

Alireza Bonakdar, San Jose, CA (US);

Richard Mann, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/218 (2018.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/218 (2018.05); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, an image sensor is provided. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photodiodes arranged as a photodiode array. The photodiodes of the photodiode array are arranged into a first quadrant, a second quadrant, a third quadrant, and a fourth quadrant. A first polarization filter and a first telecentric lens are aligned with the first quadrant. A second polarization filter and a second telecentric lens are aligned with the second quadrant. A third polarization filter and a third telecentric lens are aligned with the third quadrant. A fourth telecentric lens is aligned with the fourth quadrant.


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