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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Marco Winter, Hannover, DE;
Inventor:
Marco Winter, Hannover, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2253 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera using a volumetric sensor chip as an image sensor is proposed. The volumetric sensor chip has three or more sensor areas shaped like simple convex polygons. Light diverting elements are arranged at edges between neighboring sensor areas of the volumetric image sensor chip.