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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. 25, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yi-Ren Ng, Mountain View, CA (US);

Patrick Hanrahan, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Marc S. Levoy, Stanford, CA (US);

Mark A. Horowitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); G02B 27/0075 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H04N 5/2173 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 13/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract

Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from which various portions of the light incident upon a portion of the focal plane emanate from. Using this directional information in connection with value of the light as detected by photosensors, an image represented by the light is selectively focused and/or corrected.


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