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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Joo-young Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook OK, Seoul, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung-kwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Jae-guyn Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Joo-young Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook Ok, Seoul, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung-kwan Park, Seoul, KR;
Jae-guyn Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for acquiring light field data using a variable modulator. The apparatus varies a modulator located between an optical system and a sensor adaptively according to objects to be captured or a peripheral environment. Accordingly, 4-dimensional (4D) light field data optimized according to objects to be captured or according to changes in focal distance may be acquired.