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Imaging device, system, method and program for converting a first image into a plurality of second images

US11310481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Paul Springer · Stuttgart, DE
Thimo Emmerich · Stuttgart, DE
Zoltan Facius · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 2018
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2013/0081
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging device for converting a first image into a plurality of second images, the imaging device comprising a light receiving unit having a first aperture configured to receive light of the first image, a light reflecting unit configured to reflect the light received by the light receiving unit along a number of paths having a predetermined number of reflections within the light reflecting unit according to a portion of the first aperture from which the light originated, and a light output unit configured to output at least a subset of the paths of light reflected by the light reflecting unit as a plurality of second images, the second images having a focal length associated with the predetermined number of reflections experienced by the corresponding paths of light through the light reflecting unit.

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