Patent ID: 6657749
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus comprising:a lens array including a plurality of lenses, each lens in said lens array forming an inverted optical image of a portion of an object; an imager to convert the plurality of inverted optical images into image data, said imager including an optical-energy to electrical-energy converter, said converter producing a set of inverted image data for each lens in said array thereof; and a baffle array including a plurality of parallel light absorbing baffles, each baffle in said baffle array forming a light absorbing border between adjacent optical paths, said paths lying between said lens array and said imager; wherein each of said sets of inverted image data have a beginning part, a middle part and an end part, the apparatus further comprising a controller to filter said sets of inverted data so as to discard said beginning and end parts and retain said middle parts.