Patent ID: 11874474
Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. The system of claim 3, wherein:
the optical sensor comprises a pixelated polarized camera that includes a micro-lens array, a micro-polarizer array including a plurality of micro-polarizers of different polarization orientations, and a photo diode array including a plurality of photo diodes arranged in an optical series, and
the pixelated polarized camera is configured to receive the first light by a first plurality of photo diodes corresponding to a first plurality of micro-polarizers having a first polarization orientation, and receive the second light by a second plurality of photo diodes corresponding to a second plurality of micro-polarizers having a second polarization orientation different from the first polarization orientation.