Patent ID: 8319846
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G02B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A plurality of image sensors that are mounted to a surface of the carrier substrate, the surface having a geometric normal, each of the plurality of image sensors having a field of view and an axis central to the field of view, the axis forming a random angle with respect to the geometric normal, the random angle being in a range of between 0 and 0.5 degrees, the carrier substrate being formed from a substrate material that is different from a sensor material from which the plurality of image sensors are formed, the plurality of image sensors comprising a first subset of image sensors that are sensitive to a first color range and a second subset of image sensors that are sensitive to a second color range, the first color range being different from the second color range, the first color range and second color range each selected from the group consisting of: near infrared, short wavelength infrared, mid wavelength infrared, long wavelength infrared, very long wavelength infrared, and a visible light color range; a lens disposed proximate each of the plurality of image sensors; and an image processing circuit coupled to each of the plurality of image sensors and operable to: receive a raw image from each of a plurality of image sensors using hardware compression; and combine the raw image of each of the plurality of image sensors into the reconstructed image.