Patent ID: 11895400
Assignee: LUMILEDS, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging device, comprising:
a filter configured to partially attenuate infrared light reflected from a scene, the filter including a first area that is substantially transparent to infrared light and substantially transparent to visible light, the first area including a plurality of subareas that do not adjoin one another, the filter including a second area that is substantially opaque to infrared light and substantially transparent to visible light; and
an imaging lens configured to form the image of the scene using the infrared light reflected from the scene and using visible light that is reflected from the scene or emitted by the scene, the imaging lens defining a central axis that extends through the second area of the filter, the subareas being equidistant from the central axis.