Light field image capturing apparatus
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Oct 31, 2017
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Dec 28, 2015
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Abstract
A light field image capturing apparatus includes: a main lens, configured to transmit light of an object environment, and including an optical axis; a beam generation unit, configured to receive the light transmitted by the main lens and generate plurality Bessel-beams, where the beam generation unit includes plurality slits or conical lenses arranged in an array manner and configured to generate the Bessel-beam respectively; a micro-lens unit, configured to receive the Bessel-beam generated by the beam generation unit, and including plurality micro-lens elements corresponding to the beam generation unit, wherein each micro-lens element is configured to determine a focus point generated after the Bessel-beam passes through each micro-lens element, and a focal length of a distance between the focus point and the micro-lens element; and a light sensing unit, including a focal plane, and configured to enable the focus point to be focused on the focal plane.
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METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE | NO 1001 KAONAN HIGHWAY NANZI DIST KAOHSIUNG CITY |
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- 2015 Application Filing Year
- H04N Class
- 17427 Applications Filed
- 14242 Patents Issued To-Date
- 81.73 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Jan, Chia-Ming | Kaohsiung, TW | 7 | 8 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 8 | |||
Lin, Ying-Chieh | Kaohsiung, TW | 16 | 19 |
# of filed Patents : 16 Total Citations : 19 |
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