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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Primesense Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/07 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/238 (2013.01); G02B 27/1066 (2013.01); G02B 27/12 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical apparatus includes an image sensor and objective optics, which are configured to collect and focus optical radiation over a range of wavelengths along a common optical axis toward a plane of the image sensor. A dispersive element is positioned to spread the optical radiation collected by the objective optics so that different wavelengths in the range are focused along different, respective optical axes toward the plane.