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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Pavel Reshidko, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Gal Shabtay, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited, Galway, IE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Providing for optical imaging lenses employing non-linear distortion for image magnification is described herein. By way of example, a five-lens system can perform magnification functions by producing distortion that expands the image in the center of the field of view and compresses the image in the periphery of the field of view. This distortion can be corrected through image processing to yield a rectified image. Further, the five-lens system can be implemented as part of a fixed-focus imaging system, or in conjunction with a variable focus optical magnification imaging system.