Aspect ratio modifying imaging systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11982797B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17607757

    申请日:2020-04-17

    CPC classification number: G02B13/008 G02B13/08 G02B13/22 H04N5/33 H04N23/55

    Abstract: Aspect ratio modifying imaging systems and methods are provided. In one example, an infrared imaging device includes at least one lens element configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation associated with a portion of a scene. The portion has a first aspect ratio. The electromagnetic radiation includes mid-wave and/or long-wave infrared light. The at least one lens element has a freeform surface having no translational symmetry and no rotational symmetry. The infrared imaging device further includes a detector array configured to receive image data associated with the electromagnetic radiation from the at least one lens element and generate, based on the image data, an image. The image data has a second aspect ratio different from the first aspect ratio. Each of the first and second aspect ratios is a ratio of a size along a first direction and a size along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

    ANAMORPHIC LENS ASSEMBLIES
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240053589A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US17899448

    申请日:2022-08-30

    Applicant: Atlas Lens Co.

    CPC classification number: G02B13/08 G02B9/04 G02B13/18

    Abstract: Lens assemblies according to the disclosure include an anamorphic lens component and a primary lens component. The anamorphic lens component includes a first cylindrical lens element, a second cylindrical lens element, and a first spherical lens element disposed between the first and second cylindrical lens elements and translatable along an optical axis of the anamorphic lens assembly with respect to the first and second cylindrical lens elements. Optical characteristics of the anamorphic lens component are adjustable as the first spherical lens element translates along the optical axis such that the first cylindrical lens element, the first spherical lens element, and the second cylindrical lens element in combination produce a first astigmatism that is opposite to a second astigmatism produced in an image plane by the primary lens component as an object moves from infinity focus toward the lens assembly.

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