Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zoomable image sensor and image sensing method
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Application No.: US16775965Application Date: 2020-01-29
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Publication No.: US11184546B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Yang Ho Cho , Kyuhwan Choi , Seunghoon Han
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: KR10-2019-0125238 20191010
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
An image sensor includes a plurality of lens elements, each lens element of the plurality of lens elements including a plurality of scatterers arranged to concentrate light incident on the image sensor; and a sensing element configured to sense light passing through the plurality of lens elements, wherein one lens element of the plurality of lens elements has a first focal length that is different from a second focal length of another lens element of the plurality of lens elements and is separated from the sensing element by the first focal length.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210112201A1 ZOOMABLE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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