Patent ID: 8110791

Claim:
An imaging device for providing a large field of view comprising: a plurality of lenses arranged such that the axes of two or more of the lenses converge; a substantially planar sensor having a plurality of pixels; a light guiding arrangement including at least one fiber optic faceplate and a plurality of light guides for directing light received via the plurality of lenses toward the sensor; wherein the light guiding arrangement is shaped to direct light so that light from a central region in a field of view of the imaging device is detected by the sensor with a different angular resolution per pixel than for light from peripheral regions in the field of view, wherein the at least one fiber optic faceplate includes at least one facet and each facet receives light from a corresponding lens, wherein certain facets are angled to the planar sensor, such that incident light from a corresponding lens may be focused on a respective angled facet, and wherein any surface of the faceplate with an angled surface, which is not orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the optical fibers forming the faceplate, has the angled surface modified to facilitate guiding of incoming light.