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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2012
Ewan Findlay, Clackmannanshire, GB;
James Downing, Dunblane, GB;
Andrew Murray, Haddington, GB;
Lindsay Grant, Edinburgh, GB;
Adam Caley, Kincardine, GB;
Ewan Findlay, Clackmannanshire, GB;
James Downing, Dunblane, GB;
Andrew Murray, Haddington, GB;
Lindsay Grant, Edinburgh, GB;
Adam Caley, Kincardine, GB;
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
An image sensor includes a pixel array and an image sensor objective optical element. The element is formed by a lenslet array. Each lenslet in the array directs incoming radiation onto a different specific pixel or sub-array of pixels in the pixel array. The lenslets in the array are shaped such that fields of view of next-but-one neighboring ones of the lenslets (i.e., two lenslets spaced from each other by another lenslet) do not overlap until a certain object distance away from the lenslet array.