US 12,393,042 B2
Dual field of view optical system
Simon Thibault, Quebec City (CA); Jocelyn Parent, Lavaltrie (CA); Patrice Roulet, Montreal (CA); Zhenfeng Zhuang, Montreal (CA); Xavier Dallaire, Verdun (CA); Xiaojun Du, Montreal (CA); and Pierre Konen, Saint-Bruno (CA)
Assigned to IMMERVISION, INC., Montreal (CA)
Filed by ImmerVision, Inc., Montreal (CA)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,502.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/318,874, filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,405, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057977 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/106 (2013.01) [G02B 17/0856 (2013.01); G02B 27/1073 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical imaging system configured to form a primary and at least one secondary optical image in a common image plane, the optical system comprising:
a. a primary optical path configured to form the primary optical image at the common optical image plane, wherein the primary optical path includes at least one common optical element, at least one splitting or merging element, a primary channel aperture stop, and one or more optical elements unique to the primary optical path;
b. at least one secondary optical path configured to form the at least one secondary optical image at the common optical image plane, wherein the secondary optical path includes the at least one common element, the at least one splitting or merging element, at least one reflecting element, a secondary channel aperture stop, and one or more optical elements unique to the at least one secondary optical path; and
c. a single image sensor at the common image plane, the single image sensor being configured to capture at least a part of the primary optical image and at least a part of the at least one secondary optical image.