Patent ID: 9392155
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A digital optical device comprising: a rectangular image sensor within an optical capture device; two lenses, comprising a first lens and a second lens, that capture and direct light from a real world environment upon the image sensor, wherein the image sensor is a device which converts the light from the real world environment into electronic signals, wherein light captured by the first lens is directed to a planar surface of the rectangular image sensor to produce a first image circle having a first image circle glow, wherein light captured by the second lens is directed to the planar surface of the rectangular image sensor to produce a second image circle having a second image circle glow, wherein on the planar surface the first image circle is non-overlapping with the second image circle, wherein the first image circle glow is a penumbral shadow as a result of optical scatter around the first image circle, wherein the second image circle glow is a penumbral shadow as a result of optical scatter around the second image circle, wherein as the first and second image circles are positioned on the planar surface in close proximity such that without controlling the optical scatter, the first image glow circle overlaps the second image circle and the second image glow circle overlaps the first image circle to produce a region of interference referred to as a damaged area where optical content of the first and second image circles experience scatter induced optical distortions; and a non-reflective separator positioned between optical pathways of light from the two lenses, wherein the separator absorbs light representing the optical scatter to prevent the optical distortions that would otherwise appear within the first and second image circles.