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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Qing Chao, Redmond, WA (US);
Lu Lu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Xinqiao Liu, Medina, WA (US);
Hao Yu, Kent, OH (US);
Junren Wang, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/11 (2023.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 5/32 (2006.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/11 (2023.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 5/32 (2013.01); G02B 1/002 (2013.01); G02B 5/3016 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01);
Abstract
Imaging systems, cameras, and image sensors of this disclosure include imaging pixels that include subpixels. Diffractive optical elements such as a metasurface lens layers or a liquid crystal polarization hologram (LCPH) are configured to focus image light to the subpixels of the imaging pixels.