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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:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Roman Lewkow, San Jose, CA (US);
Philip Sean Stetson, Wexford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/369 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document describes curved image sensors capable of sensing light from a monocentric lens. This curved image sensor receives light focused at a curved focal surface and then provides electric signals from this curved image sensor to a planar computing chip, such as a CMOS chip. By so doing, the higher image quality, smaller size, and often smaller weight of monocentric lenses can be gained while using generally high-quality, low-cost planar chips.