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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A Clarke, Carshalton, GB;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 250216 ;
Abstract
An image sensor 10 includes an array of light responsive pixels 22 and an array 30 of focusing lens elements 32. Each lens element 32 is associated with a plurality of pixels 22, so that the lens elements may be fabricated simply. The array 30 is preferably part of a non-inverting focusing arrangement, and the lens elements 32 are preferably refractive microlens elements.