Low height imaging system and associated methods

Details Low height imaging system and associated methods Low height imaging system and associated methods

2005-09-14

2008-11-18

Schwartz, Jordan M (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Lens

Including a nonspherical surface

C359S652000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07453653

ABSTRACT:
Low height imaging systems may include one or more optical channels and a detector array. Each of the optical channels may be associated with one or more detectors of the array, have one or more optical components and a restrictive ray corrector, and be configured to direct steeper incident angle field rays onto the detectors. Alternatively, each of the optical channels may be associated with at least one detector, and have an aspheric GRIN lens. Another low height imaging system has an array of detectors and a GRIN lens having a surface with wavefront coding and configured to direct steeper incident angle field rays onto more than one of the detectors. One method forms a lens with wavefront coding. The method includes positioning a lens in a mold; and curing material onto a surface of the lens to form an aspheric surface of the lens with wavefront coding.

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