US 12,147,001 B2
Apparatus and method for capturing still images and video using diffraction coded imaging techniques
Stephen G. Perlman, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Rearden, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Rearden, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,585.
Application 18/211,585 is a continuation of application No. 17/501,685, filed on Oct. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,681,061.
Application 17/501,685 is a continuation of application No. 16/660,564, filed on Oct. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,150,363, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Application 16/660,564 is a continuation of application No. 13/798,004, filed on Mar. 12, 2013, granted, now 10,488,535, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333268 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01T 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01)
CPC G01T 1/295 (2013.01) [G02B 5/1842 (2013.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/70 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to precompensate for the effects of diffraction and wave-optical interference comprising:
a physical aperture pattern constructed to create a radiation pattern as a result of a desired aperture pattern if the desired aperture pattern did not produce wave-optical interference and diffraction effects,
the physical aperture pattern to receive radiation from a scene and pre-compensate for the wave-optical interference and diffraction effects of the desired aperture pattern, taking advantage of wave-optical interference and diffraction effects of the physical aperture pattern to project a radiation pattern, the radiation pattern projected in a desired overlapping pattern that would have resulted if the physical aperture pattern had the desired aperture pattern but without the wave-optical interference and diffraction effects.