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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Alex Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Irina Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Inventors:
Alex Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Irina Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Assignee:
DigitalOptics Corporation International, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 13/16 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Imaging apparatus () includes an array () of optical sensing elements (), characterized by a pitch, which is adapted to generate a signal in response to optical radiation that is incident on the elements. Objective optics (), which have an optical axis () and are characterized by a cylindrical symmetry about the axis, are arranged to focus the optical radiation from an object onto the array with a point spread function (PSF) having an extent greater than twice the pitch of the array at an optimal focus of the objective optics.