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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Axon Enterprise, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Juha Alakarhu, Helsinki, FI;
Assignee:
AXON ENTERPRISE, INC., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/18 (2006.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/62 (2022.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/18 (2013.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/625 (2022.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01);
Abstract
Cameras for automatic license plate recognition ('ALPR') systems comprise an asymmetric lens for focusing light received by the camera. The asymmetric lens may comprise a curvature configured to modify one or more focus areas of the field of view, such that one or more regions of a scene captured by the ALPR system are optimized to focus at a distance corresponding to an expected object of interest in the respective region. The asymmetric lens may additionally or instead comprise a tilt configured to emphasize a first focus area and de-emphasize a second focus area of the field of view.