Zoomable image sensor and image sensing method
US11184546B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 29, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2040 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/18
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image sensor includes a plurality of lens elements, each lens element of the plurality of lens elements including a plurality of scatterers arranged to concentrate light incident on the image sensor; and a sensing element configured to sense light passing through the plurality of lens elements, wherein one lens element of the plurality of lens elements has a first focal length that is different from a second focal length of another lens element of the plurality of lens elements and is separated from the sensing element by the first focal length.
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