Patent ID: 7962033
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera, comprising: a photosensor configured to capture light projected onto the photosensor; an objective lens, wherein the objective lens is configured to refract light from a scene located in front of the camera to form an image of the scene at an image plane of the objective lens, wherein the objective lens is not focused on the photosensor; and a microlens array positioned between the objective lens and the photosensor, wherein the microlens array comprises a plurality of microlenses, wherein the plurality of microlenses are focused on the image plane and not on the objective lens; wherein each microlens of the microlens array is configured to project a focused microimage of a separate contiguous portion of the image of the scene formed at the image plane by the objective lens onto a separate region of the photosensor, wherein each separate region of the photosensor captures a plurality of contiguous pixels.