Camera having a through the lens pixel illuminator
US7355648B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/88
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A camera comprising: a photosurface comprising light sensitive pixels that generate signals responsive to light incident thereon and optics that focus an image of a scene onto the photosurface; and an illumination system for illuminating the scene, the illumination system comprising: an illuminator having a plurality of substantially contiguous, independently controllable light providing regions; optics that focuses an image or the illuminator on the scene so that light from the illuminator illuminates substantially all of and substantially only the field of view of the camera; and a controller that controls light provided by each light providing region.
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