Light field image capturing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9807367
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14979755

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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 CENTRENO 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
Jan, Chia-Ming Kaohsiung, TW 7 8
Lin, Ying-Chieh Kaohsiung, TW 16 19

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