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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:
Jun. 03, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yalcin Incesu, Stuttgart, DE;

Alexander Gatto, Stuttgart, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 4/04 (2013.01); G02B 27/286 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally pertains to a polarization imaging portion having a plurality of imaging elements, wherein each imaging element is configured to convert light into an electric signal, the polarization imaging portion further including: a set of event sensors configured to detect an event being indicative of an intensity change of the light; a set of polarization filters; and a set of tunable polarizers configured to adjust a polarization of the light in response to an electric signal, wherein each polarization filter of the set of polarization filters is associated with a respective tunable polarizer of the set of tunable polarizers, thereby configuring a set of tunable polarization filters, such that the set of tunable polarization filters is associated with the set of event sensors.


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