US 12,484,326 B2
Imaging array with directional response
Roei Remez, Tel Aviv (IL); Brian McCall, San Jose, CA (US); Milan Maksimovic, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Maoz Ovadia, Kiryat Ono (IL); Arnaud Laflaquière, Paris (FR); Gershon Rosenblum, Fremont, CA (US); Noah D Bedard, Los Gatos, CA (US); Omer Korech, Pardes Hanna Karkur (IL); Emanuel Mordechai, Mishmarot (IL); Keith Lyon, San Jose, CA (US); Refael Della Pergola, Jerusalem (IL); and Niv Gilboa, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/302,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,442, filed on Sep. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0089569 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H10F 39/00 (2025.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/40 (2006.01)
CPC H10F 39/806 (2025.01) [G02B 27/0012 (2013.01); G02B 27/40 (2013.01); H10F 39/8027 (2025.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image sensing device, comprising:
a detector assembly, comprising:
a matrix of optical sensing elements having a predefined pitch, each optical sensing element comprising an active area having a width that is less than 90% of the pitch; and
baffles disposed between the optical sensing elements and defining an array of optical apertures, which are respectively aligned with the optical sensing elements such that each optical aperture is positioned at a distance from a respective optical sensing element that is no less than twice the width of the active area; and
objective optics configured to focus light from a scene onto the detector assembly, such that the array of optical apertures is positioned in a rear focal plane of the objective optics, and the objective optics image the optical apertures into object space to create an effective aperture in the space, object which reduces image degradation due to aberrations of the objective optics.