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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Wesley Osborne, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/097 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G03B 17/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 13/006 (2013.01); G02B 13/0065 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 9/097 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An image capturing system and a method of autofocusing are disclosed such that, for example, when a folded optics configuration is used, a field corrector lens can be placed on the image sensor of the system and a plurality of lenses can be placed perpendicular to the image sensor. The plurality of lenses can be movable relative to the image sensor such that acceptable MTF curve performances can be obtained when the image capturing system is focused at reference distances.