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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2021
Lumileds Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Arjen Van Der Sijde, Eindhoven, NL;
Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention describes an imaging device () comprising an image sensor (), an imaging lens (), an infrared light source () to illuminate a scene (SC), and an infrared autofocus system () for providing an autofocus function, wherein the image sensor () comprises an array () of sensor pixels each arranged as dual pixel () comprising two separate pixel sensors () per dual pixel () to record the image data (D) as a sum signal from both pixel sensors () and providing infrared data (D) as individual signals from each of the two pixel sensors () for phase contrast (PC) autofocusing, wherein an infrared filter () arranged between an aperture () of the imaging device () and an imaging sensor () and is adapted to locally transmit only a portion of the infrared light (IR) to the imaging sensor () by comprising at least one first area () arranged as infrared blocking area and at least one second area () arranged as infrared bandpass area. The invention further relates to a method () to automatically focusing this device ().