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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
May. 02, 2005
Andrew G. Cartlidge, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Andrew G. Cartlidge, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, devices, and methodologies that facilitate increasing the effective fill-factor of digital sensors. In general, fill-factor relates to the active area or photosensor region of the sensor with respect to the inactive area/deadzone or space between pixels. By increasing the effective fill-factor, transmission of optical information is increased to the sensor while mitigating information loss between pixels. A digital camera may contain a sensor that is responsive to electromagnetic radiation and a coherent scattering medium between the sensor and a lens that diffuses the electromagnetic radiation with respect to the sensor in order to increase the effective fill-factor.