US 11,785,322 B2
Forming combined image by imaging system with rotatable reflector
Ziv Attar, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Glass Imaging Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed by Glass Imaging Inc., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,295.
Application 17/374,295 is a continuation of application No. 17/121,315, filed on Dec. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,089,190.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,884, filed on Jan. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,200, filed on Dec. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006930 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01); G02B 7/182 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging system comprising:
an image sensor comprising pixels arranged to form a sensor plane, the sensor plane having a larger dimension and a smaller dimension;
a reflector positioned to direct light from a portion of a view of an external environment towards the sensor plane of the image sensor;
a lens module comprising one or more lenses, the lens module configured to focus light toward the image sensor;
a lens array positioned on or above the sensor plane of the image sensor, each lens of the lens array configured to focus light from the portion of the view onto a subset of pixels, the focused light creating a disparity between pixels in the subset;
a controller; and
a memory comprising stored instructions that when executed cause the controller to:
capture, by the image sensor, an image of the portion of the view of the external environment,
receive pixel data of the captured image,
determine disparity information representative of the disparity between pixels in at least one subset by comparing light captured by pixels in the at least one subset, and
at least one of:
modify the captured image based on the determined disparity information, or
change a focus of the imaging system based on the determined disparity information by changing a position of a lens of the lens module.