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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samuel R. D'Amico, Stanford, CA (US);
Xiaoyu Miao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G03B 9/70 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing light damage in a shutterless imaging device includes receiving a signal from a hardware device. The signal from the hardware devices is analyzed. In response to the analysis of the signal from the hardware device, a lens of the shutterless imaging device is adjusted. Adjusting the lens spreads out energy of far-field image light incident on an image sensor of the shutterless imaging device.