US 11,750,907 B2
Systems and methods for high-magnification high-resolution photography using a small imaging system
Edo Waks, Washington, DC (US); and Benjamin Shapiro, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by LUMENUITY, LLC, Culver City, CA (US)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,884.
Application 17/661,884 is a continuation of application No. 17/157,431, filed on Jan. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,323,602.
Application 17/157,431 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/040025, filed on Jun. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/868,489, filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263988 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/671 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system comprising:
a lens having a focal length and configured to transmit light;
a first partial reflector;
a second partial reflector,
wherein the transmitted light undergoes one or multiple round-trip reflections between the first partial reflector and the second partial reflector; a time-integrating sensor configured to capture a raw image corresponding to focused and unfocused light exiting the second partial reflector; a signal processing unit configured reconstruct an in-focused image from the raw image; an additional lens placed between the first partial reflector and the second partial reflector; the lens, the first partial reflector, the second partial reflector; and the time-integrating sensor are aligned substantially along an optical axis, a distance between the lens and the time-integrating sensor is less than the focal length.