Patent ID: 8228417
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
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; 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 separate portion of the image of the scene formed at the image plane by the objective lens onto a separate location on the photosensor; and an optical element array proximate to the microlens array, wherein the optical element array is configured to affect light that passes through the microlens array to the photosensor, wherein the optical element array comprises a plurality of optical elements, wherein each optical element in the optical element array corresponds to a particular one of the plurality of microlenses, and wherein at least one of the optical elements in the optical element array is configured to affect light differently than at least one other optical element in the optical element array.