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Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2002
Applicant:

Rudolf A. Wiedemann, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventor:

Rudolf A. Wiedemann, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Zoran Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus that directs light onto individual photodetectors in an electronic image sensor array is disclosed. In one embodiment, refractive elements are used to appropriately refract different colors of light onto matching photodetector elements for different colors. In this manner, the image sensing apparatus most efficiently directs the proper colors of light on to the proper photodetector elements.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wiedemann, Rudolf. (2007). Method and apparatus for distributing light onto electronic image sensors (U.S. Patent No. 7176446). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7176446

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