G02B 3/0056
Arranged along two different directions in a plane
Official title: {arranged along two different directions in a plane, e.g. honeycomb arrangement of lenses (G02B3/0043 takes precedence; miniaturised objectives for electronic devices employing wafer level optics G02B13/0085)}
G02B3/0056 (Arranged along two different directions in a plane) appears on 2,306 US grants and 2,587 published applications in this corpus.
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By later US patents
- Capturing and processing of images using monolithic camera array with heterogeneous imagers431US 8,514,491 B2Pelican Imaging Corporation · 2013
- Compact digital camera with segmented fields of view362US 6,137,535 AEastman Kodak Company · 2000
- Lenslet array systems and methods338US 5,973,844 AProxemics · 1999
- Methods and apparatus for light-field imaging300US 8,290,358 B1Adobe Systems Incorporated · 2012
- High efficiency polarized display298US 5,751,388 AHoneywell Inc. · 1998