US 11,726,306 B2
Imaging device
Kyuhwan Choi, Yongin-si (KR); Dong Kyung Nam, Yongin-si (KR); and Kiwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/203,247.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0137748 (KR), filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128803 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 15/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 15/00 (2013.01) [G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 26/005 (2013.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
a plurality of imaging lens arrays comprising a plurality of imaging optical lenses; and
a sensing array comprising a plurality of sensing elements configured to sense light passing through the plurality of imaging lens arrays,
wherein the plurality of imaging lens arrays comprises a first imaging lens array and a second imaging lens array arranged in different planes in an optical axis, and
wherein the first imaging lens array comprises an active imaging lens with a variable focal length.