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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark Marshall Meyers, Hamlin, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348340 ; 348291 ; 2502081 ;
Abstract
A compact digital camera is formed with a lenslet array comprised of a plurality of lenslets, each lenslet has a decentration corresponding to its radial position in the lenslet array so that the axial ray of each lenslet views a different segment of a total field of view. A photosensor array comprised of a plurality of sub-groups of photodetectors is positioned such that each sub-group is located along the axial ray of a respective lenslet. A field limiting baffle comprised of at least one aperture plate is positioned such that the center of the apertures are located along the axial ray of a respective lenslet.
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