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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:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2015
Applicants:

Michael Golub, Rehovot, IL;

Menachem Nathan, Tel Aviv Yaffo, IL;

Amir Averbuch, Tel Aviv Yaffo, IL;

Asaf Kagan, Herzliya, IL;

Valery Zheludev, Tel Aviv Yaffo, IL;

Roman Malinsky, Holon, IL;

Inventors:

Michael Golub, Rehovot, IL;

Menachem Nathan, Tel Aviv Yaffo, IL;

Amir Averbuch, Tel Aviv Yaffo, IL;

Asaf Kagan, Herzliya, IL;

Valery Zheludev, Tel Aviv Yaffo, IL;

Roman Malinsky, Holon, IL;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/28 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/18 (2006.01); G01J 3/36 (2006.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 3/0205 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/0248 (2013.01); G01J 3/18 (2013.01); G01J 3/36 (2013.01); G02B 5/02 (2013.01); G02B 5/1814 (2013.01); G02B 5/1842 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Snapshot spectral imagers comprise an imaging lens, a dispersed image sensor and a restricted isometry property (RIP) diffuser inserted in the optical path between the source image and the image sensor. The imagers are used to obtain a plurality of spectral images of the source object in different spectral bands in a single shot. In some embodiments, the RIP diffuser is one dimensional. An optional disperser may be added in the optical path, to provide further dispersion at the image sensor. In some embodiments, all imager components except the RIP diffuser may be part of a digital camera, with the RIP diffuser added externally. In some embodiments, the RIP diffuser may be included internally in a digital camera.


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