Patent ID: 6950608

Claim:
A camera for recording more than one image on a photosensitive element, the camera comprising: a primary lens system focusing light from a scene at an imaging plane; a gate positioning a photosensitive element; an array of micro-lenses arranged at the imaging plane and focusing light received from the primary lens system to form a pattern of concentrated image elements on the photosensitive element positioned at the gate; a shutter assembly adapted to controllably allow light to flow from the scene to the array of micro-lenses for a period of time defining an exposure; and a translation drive adapted to adjust the position of at least one of the primary lens system, the array of micro-lenses, and the gate so that the micro-lenses focus light received during different exposures onto different portions of the photosensitive element, wherein the concentrated image elements formed during different exposures are at least in part recorded in an interspersed manner on the photosensitive element.