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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yi-Fan Lin, Wujie, TW;
Wei-Ping Chen, New Taipei, TW;
Jau-Jan Deng, Taipei, TW;
Suganda Jutamulia, Berkeley, CA (US);
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An endoscope imager includes a system-in-package and a specularly reflective surface. The system-in-package includes (a) a camera module having an imaging lens with an optical axis and (b) an illumination unit. The system-in-package includes (a) a camera module having an imaging lens with an optical axis and (b) an illumination unit configured to emit illumination propagating in a direction away from the imaging lens, the direction having a component parallel to the optical axis. The specularly reflective surface faces the imaging lens and forming an oblique angle with the optical axis, to deflect the illumination toward a scene and deflect light from the scene toward the camera module.