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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Mathieu Reigneau, Amilly, FR;
Inventor:
Mathieu Reigneau, Amilly, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd., Marlow Bucks, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The imaging device has an imaging surface and a sensor, wherein the imaging surface is illuminated and reflects at least some of the illumination to the sensor to detect an image. The imaging device has a width and an optical path passing therethrough, wherein the optical path exhibits distortion as a result of the width of the device and the nature of the optical path. The imaging device includes an optical element which in use compensates for the distortion by generating a magnification profile across a tangential plane of the device at the sensor.