Patent ID: 9363436
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G02F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A camera system comprising: a camera with a lens and an image sensor; a liquid crystal diffuser in a light path of the camera; a diffuser driver that electronically drives the liquid crystal diffuser to vary an amount of diffusion by the liquid crystal diffuser on light received by the camera system projected by the lens on the sensor during an individual exposure of an image on the sensor; a controller that synchronizes the diffuser driver and the amount of diffusion with the exposure to vary the amount of diffusion during the exposure; and a deconvolutor for deconvolution of a recorded image, wherein diffusion during the individual exposure produces a blur kernel, the blur kernel comprising a blurred point imaged on the sensor, the blurred point having a blur radius that changes over time during the individual exposure, and wherein the deconvoluter is configured to deconvolute the recorded image based on the blur kernel.