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4D light field cameras

US7965936B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 2010
Grant dateJun 21, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0075
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera acquires a 4D light field of a scene. The camera includes a lens and sensor. A mask is arranged in a straight optical path between the lens and the sensor. The mask including an attenuation pattern to spatially modulate the 4D light field acquired of the scene by the sensor. The pattern has a low spatial frequency when the mask is arranged near the lens, and a high spatial frequency when the mask is arranged near the sensor.

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