NON-PLANAR LENTICULAR ARRAYS FOR LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE

    公开(公告)号:US20240251175A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18101184

    申请日:2023-01-25

    申请人: Adeia Imaging LLC

    发明人: Anup Basu

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225 G02B3/00 G03B13/18

    摘要: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided herein for changing the positions and/or shapes of microlenses of a light field camera to generate light field images with enhanced depth of field and/or dynamic range. This may be accomplished by a light field camera determining a plurality of focus measurements for a plurality of microlenses, wherein one or more of the plurality of microlenses vary in distance from a main lens of the light field camera. The light field camera may use the plurality of focus measurements to determine a microlens of the plurality of microlenses that captures information that is the most focused. The light field camera can then determine defocus functions for the microlenses that are not capturing information that is the most focused. The light field camera can then generate a light field image using the determined defocus functions and the information captured by the plurality of microlenses.

    CAMERA HOUSING STRUCTURE FOR ENHANCED MANUFACTURE ASSEMBLY AND REPAIR

    公开(公告)号:US20240129607A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US17968373

    申请日:2022-10-18

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225

    摘要: An information handling system camera has an extruded aluminum housing that holds an inner frame supporting an image sensor assembled without the use of screws so that the camera readily disassembles to recycle or repair. A planar spring lock holds the camera assembly with flanges that fit into slots of the camera housing to engage the inner frame. The flanges release when a press of the planar spring lock into a recess of the housing biases the flange lip away from a catch of the inner frame.

    Systems and Methods for Operating Illumination Assemblies in a Multi-Imager Environment

    公开(公告)号:US20240114238A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US17957533

    申请日:2022-09-30

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232 G03B15/02 H04N5/225

    摘要: At least some embodiment of the present invention are directed to mean for operating an illumination assembly associated with a group of imaging devices. An example method includes causing each of a plurality of imaging devices to capture image data during a group acquisition operation, each of the plurality of imaging devices has (i) a respective delay until a start of an exposure duration, (ii) the respective exposure duration, and (iii) a total operation duration. The method also includes causing an illumination assembly to transition from a first state to a second state based on a shortest delay of the imaging devices and further causing the illumination assembly to transition from the second state to a third state based on a longest total operation duration of the imaging devices.

    Optical Divider for Multi-Field of View Camera

    公开(公告)号:US20240107159A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17951965

    申请日:2022-09-23

    摘要: A computing device includes: a housing having a plurality of sides defining a housing interior; a first outer lens disposed on a first side of the housing; a second outer lens disposed on a second side of the housing; an image sensor in the housing interior, the image sensor having first and second capture regions; an optical divider in the housing interior, the optical divider configured to (i) direct light from the first outer lens along a first optical path, and (ii) direct light from the second outer lens along a second optical path; and a lens assembly between the optical divider and the image sensor, the lens assembly configured to (i) focus light received along the first optical path onto the first capture region of the image sensor, and (ii) focus light received along the second optical path onto the second capture region of the image sensor.

    Multi-Sensor Assembly with Improved Backward View of a Vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US20240106987A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17933767

    申请日:2022-09-20

    申请人: Waymo LLC

    摘要: A sensor assembly contains at least first and second sensors configured to perform imaging from a portion of a vehicle, each sensor having a respective field of view (FOV) based on an imaging direction of the sensor, each sensor having an FOV origin. The sensor assembly is configured to be disposed at the portion of the vehicle such that (i) the first and second sensors' FOV origins are each outboard from the vehicle, (ii) the first and second sensors' imaging directions are each within 90 degrees in yaw of being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, (iii) the first sensor's imaging direction is closer in yaw than the second sensor's imaging direction to being parallel to the backward direction of the vehicle, and (iv) the first sensor's FOV origin is more outboard from the vehicle than the second sensor's FOV origin.