Shared Aperture Imaging System for Acquiring Visible and Infrared Images

    公开(公告)号:US20240107136A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17948054

    申请日:2022-09-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front cover opposite a back cover; a display viewable through the front cover; a light-bending mirror positioned between the front cover and the back cover and receiving light through one of the front cover or the back cover, the light-bending mirror redirecting received light along a light path parallel to the front cover and the back cover; a dichroic cube prism positioned in the light path, the dichroic cube prism receiving light through a first face of the dichroic cube prism, redirecting a visible light portion of the received light through a second face of the dichroic cube prism, and redirecting an infrared (IR) portion of the received light through a third face of the dichroic cube prism; a visible light image sensor positioned adjacent the second face; and an IR light image sensor positioned adjacent the third face.

    Shared aperture imaging system for acquiring visible and infrared images

    公开(公告)号:US12219226B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-04

    申请号:US17948054

    申请日:2022-09-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front cover opposite a back cover; a display viewable through the front cover; a light-bending mirror positioned between the front cover and the back cover and receiving light through one of the front cover or the back cover, the light-bending mirror redirecting received light along a light path parallel to the front cover and the back cover; a dichroic cube prism positioned in the light path, the dichroic cube prism receiving light through a first face of the dichroic cube prism, redirecting a visible light portion of the received light through a second face of the dichroic cube prism, and redirecting an infrared (IR) portion of the received light through a third face of the dichroic cube prism; a visible light image sensor positioned adjacent the second face; and an IR light image sensor positioned adjacent the third face.

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