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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Gal Shabtay, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ephraim Goldenberg, Ahsdod, IL;
Gal Shabtay, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ephraim Goldenberg, Ahsdod, IL;
DitigalOptics Corporation Europe Limited, Ballybrit, Galway, IE;
Abstract
An image capturing device () is disclosed comprising an electronic image detector () having a detecting surface (), an optical projection system () for projecting an object within a field of view onto the detecting surface (), and, optionally, a computing unit () for manipulating electronic information obtained from the image detector (), wherein, the projection system () is adapted to project the object in a distorted way such that, when compared with a standard lens system, the projected image is expanded in a center region of the field of view and is compressed in a border region of the field of view. Preferably, the projection system () is adapted such that its point spread function in the border region of the field of view has a full width at half maximum corresponding essentially to the size of corresponding pixels of the image detector ().