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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Gordon Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gordon Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Capso Vision Inc., Saratoga, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging system having a folded optical axis that is accomplished through the effect of a first lens group, a prism, and a second lens group wherein a second surface of the prism is a mirror wherein the folded imaging system exhibits a horizontal field of view (HFOV) greater than 160 degrees and a vertical field of view (VFOV) greater than 80 degrees. Further aspects include a conjugate ratio of the lenses to be substantially 5.47 and a ratio of the entire lens focal length to the focal length of the first lens to be substantially −0.309.