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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
David Mendlovic, Petach Tikva, IL;
Zeev Zalevsky, Rosh Haayin, IL;
Naim Konforti, Holon, IL;
Emanuel Marom, Tel Aviv, IL;
Gal Shabtay, Petach Tikva, IL;
Uriel Levy, Petach Tikva, IL;
Sharon Karako, Yahud, IL;
Abstract
A super-resolving imaging apparatus employs diffractive optical elements placed on the imaging lens. This element, and the use of a modified Scheimpflug arrangement allow the conversion of degrees of freedom in one axis of a field of view to a larger degree of freedom in another axis in order to obtain a high resolution image with a wide depth of focus and large field of view. Replicas created by the diffractive elements are mutually shifted by subpixel amounts, and are combined using a Gabor transform, which is facilitated by a spatial mask placed over the detector array. The apparatus is suitable for performing distance estimation on an object within the field of view.