Patent ID: 9100557
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G02B,H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital imaging system for capturing data usable for synthesizing an image of a scene, the system comprising: a main lens positioned to receive light from a scene to be digitally captured; a light ray sensor for sensing light from the scene as light rays of a light field, the light ray sensor comprising, an actuator configurable to set a distance between the photosensor array and the microlens array, wherein when the distance is shorter than the distance of the first position, the microlens images become defocused, and wherein each level of defocus provides a difference light field sampling pattern; and a processor configurable to provide image data characterizing a synthesized image as a function of the light from the light field sensed at different photosensors of the photosensor array.