Patent Document ID: 20040179834
Application ID: 10389464
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An imaging system comprising: a taking lens unit adapted to focus light from a scene; a beam splitter receiving light from the scene with a portion of the received light traveling from the beam splitter to a first imaging surface and a portion of the received light traveling from the beam splitter to a second imaging surface; a first image capture system for capturing an image based upon the light traveling to the first imaging surface; a second image capture system for capturing a second image based upon the image formed at the second imaging surface; and an array of micro-lenses in optical association with the first imaging surface, with each micro-lens in the array concentrating a first fraction of the light from the beam splitter onto concentrated image areas of the first imaging surface; wherein the first image capture system forms an image based upon the light concentrated onto the concentrated image areas.