Patent ID: 11877041
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 27:
28. An apparatus comprising:
means for forming an optical image of an object, wherein a locus of focal points of the means for forming the optical image is on a curved surface;
means for receiving and converting the optical image into electrical image data;
means for covering and protecting the means for receiving and converting the optical image; and
means for shifting a first portion of the locus of focal points such that a middle region of the first portion of the locus of focal points intersects the means for receiving and converting the optical image at one or more points and peripheral regions of the first portion of the locus of focal points do not intersect the means for receiving and converting the optical image, wherein the means for shifting the first portion of the locus of focal points includes a first planar region and a second planar region, wherein the second planar region has a higher thickness or a higher refractive index than the first planar region and is configured to shift the first portion of the locus of focal points;
wherein at least two points of the first portion of the locus of focal points on opposite sides of an intersect point of the first portion of the locus of focal points and the means for receiving and converting the optical image are on opposite sides of the means for receiving and converting the optical image.