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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David C. Shafer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Dicarlo, Austin, TX (US);
Ian E. Mcdowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Max J. Trejo, San Jose, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An image capture device may include an image sensor comprising a first pixel cell and a second pixel cell adjacent to the first pixel cell, a plurality of individual alternative light filters configured to filter non-visible light, one individual alternative light filter of the plurality of individual alternative light filters covering both a first set of pixels of the first pixel cell and a second set of pixels of the second pixel cell, and a plurality of individual visible light color filters covering pixels of the first and second pixel cells, the pixels of the first and second pixel cells covered by the individual visible light color filters being different from the first and second sets of pixels covered by the individual alternative light filters.