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Array cameras incorporating independently aligned lens stacks

US9426343B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Pelican Imaging Corporation · US

Inventors

Errol Mark Rodda · San Jose, US
Jacques Duparre · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2014
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T156/1309
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Array cameras, and array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks are disclosed. Processes for manufacturing array camera modules including independently aligned lens stacks can include: forming at least one hole in at least one carrier; mounting the at least one carrier relative to at least one sensor so that light passing through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier is incident on a plurality of focal planes formed by arrays of pixels on the at least one sensor; and independently mounting a plurality of lens barrels to the at least one carrier, so that a lens stack in each lens barrel directs light through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier and focuses the light onto one of the plurality of focal planes.

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