Multi-camera on a chip and camera module design

    公开(公告)号:US11696003B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-04

    申请号:US17527155

    申请日:2021-11-15

    IPC分类号: H04N23/45 H04N23/55 H04N23/80

    CPC分类号: H04N23/45 H04N23/55 H04N23/80

    摘要: A camera system includes two or more sensor arrays and an optical path. The sensor arrays are on the same sensor chip. Each sensor array includes the same field of view (FOV) as each other sensor array. The optical path includes a main lens and a metalens that are shared by each sensor array, and a microlens associated with each sensor array. The metalens splits incident light into different spectrums of light and directs each respective spectrum to a corresponding sensor array. The different spectrums of light include at least two of visible light, near infrared light, shortwave infrared and longwave infrared, and at least one sensor array includes single-photon avalanche diodes. The image processor that provides image processing, object recognition and object tracking and/or image fusion functionality may be on the same sensor chip as the sensor arrays.

    OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A THERMAL SENSOR AND A HYBRID THERMAL SENSOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210337140A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US16906917

    申请日:2020-06-19

    IPC分类号: H04N5/33 G01J5/08

    摘要: An imaging device includes: a sensor to detect a first target spectrum, the first target spectrum corresponding to a thermal imaging region of an infrared (IR) spectrum; and an optical device to transmit external light to the sensor, the optical device including: a substrate; and a plurality of nanostructures on the substrate, and to collimate at least the first target spectrum in the external light on the sensor. The plurality of nanostructures are spaced apart from each other, and at least one of the plurality of nanostructures has a different geometric size from that of another.

    DISPERSION ARRAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATING

    公开(公告)号:US20210223444A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US16914254

    申请日:2020-06-26

    摘要: Optical spectrometers may be used to determine the spectral components of electromagnetic waves. Spectrometers may be large, bulky devices and may require waves to enter at a nearly direct angle of incidence in order to record a measurement. What is disclosed is an ultra-compact spectrometer with nanophotonic components as light dispersion technology. Nanophotonic components may contain metasurfaces and Bragg filters. Each metasurface may contain light scattering nanostructures that may be randomized to create a large input angle, and the Bragg filter may result in the light dispersion independent of the input angle. The spectrometer may be capable of handling about 200 nm bandwidth. The ultra-compact spectrometer may be able to read image data in the visible (400-600 nm) and to read spectral data in the near-infrared (700-900 nm) wavelength range. The surface area of the spectrometer may be about 1 mm2, allowing it to fit on mobile devices.