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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2011
Applicants:

Steven Webster, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ning Y. Chan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Webster, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ning Y. Chan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/09 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G03B 33/12 (2006.01); G02B 15/177 (2006.01); G03B 17/17 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); G02B 27/1013 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); G03B 33/12 (2013.01); G02B 27/149 (2013.01); G02B 15/177 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23248 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G02B 13/009 (2013.01);
Abstract

A digital camera component is described that has a light splitter cube having an entrance face to receive incident light from a camera scene. The cube splits the incident light into first, second, and third color components that emerge from the cube through a first face, a second face, and a third face of the cube, respectively. First, second, and third image sensors are provided, each being positioned to receive a respective one of the color components that emerge from the first, second, and third faces of the cube. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.


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