Mobile phone/device case or cover having a 3D camera
OwnerMedha Dharmatillekeinventor
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Abstract
A mobile phone/device case or cover having a 3D camera, realized by integrating or connecting two cameras and a 3D viewer sheet integrated on the phone/device case or cover; wherein the 3D camera comprises: a V-shaped optical component having left and right arms, which act as light guides to guide the light from an object, onto an image sensor, and a focusing lens for focusing an image on the image sensor, where two images are formed of any object in the field of view of the V-shaped optical component.
Claims20
A mobile phone/device case or cover (110) having a 3D camera, realized by integrating or connecting two cameras and a 3D viewer sheet integrated on the phone/device case or cover;
- wherein the 3D camera comprises:
- a V-shaped optical component (5600) having left (5630) and right (5640) arms, which act as light guides to guide the light from an object, onto an image sensor (1522), and a focusing lens (5650) for focusing an image on the image sensor, where two images are formed of any object in the field of view of the V-shaped optical component;
- wherein the 3D viewer sheet consists of:
- (i) a corrugated clear polymer sheet in contact with or in close proximity without being in contact with an image display screen;
- (ii) a corrugated clear polymer sheet in contact with or in close proximity without being in contact with a protective glass plate or touch panel placed above an image display screen;
- (iii) two corrugated clear polymer sheets placed in contact on top of each other with the corrugations being in parallel to each other sheet and the image display screen being in close proximity or in contact with either clear polymer sheet;
- or
- (iv) two corrugated clear polymer sheets placed in contact on top of each other with the corrugations being not in parallel to each other sheet and the image display screen being in close proximity or in contact with either clear polymer sheet.
A mobile phone/device case or cover consisting of a 3D camera,
- realized by integrating or connecting two cameras and a 3D viewer sheet integrated on the phone/device case or cover;
- wherein the 3D camera comprises:
- (a) a V-shaped optical component having left and right arms, which act as light guides to guide the light from an object, onto an image sensor, and a focusing lens for focusing an image on the image sensor, where two images are formed of any object in the field of view of the V-shaped optical component;
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- (b) two objective lenses to collect and focus light from an object and guide the light through the left and right arms of the V-shaped optical component, respectively, wherein the two objective lenses are placed at a distance from the V-shaped optical component;
- wherein the 3D viewer sheet does not require electricity to function;
- and
- wherein the 3D viewer sheet consists of:
- (i) a corrugated clear polymer sheet in contact with or in close proximity without being in contact with an image display screen;
- (ii) a corrugated clear polymer sheet in contact with or in close proximity without being in contact with a protective glass plate or touch panel placed above an image display screen;
- (iii) two corrugated clear polymer sheets placed in contact on top of each other with the corrugations being in parallel to each other sheet and the image display screen being in close proximity or in contact with either clear polymer sheet;
- or
- (iv) two corrugated clear polymer sheets placed in contact on top of each other with the corrugations being not in parallel to each other sheet and the image display screen being in close proximity or in contact with either clear polymer sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.