Folded optic for multicamera device and multicamera device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsRadwanul Hasan Siddique, Mahdad Mansouree
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Abstract
A multicamera device includes: a first sensor to detect a first spectrum of external light; a second sensor to detect a second spectrum of the external light; and an optic overlapping with the first and second sensors. The optic includes: a substrate; a first reflective layer on the substrate; and an optical layer between the first sensor and the substrate, the optical layer to transmit the first spectrum of the external light to the first sensor, and reflect the second spectrum of the external light toward the first reflective layer, and the first reflective layer is to reflect the second spectrum of the external light in a direction toward the second sensor.
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A multicamera device comprising:
- a first sensor configured to detect a first spectrum of external light;
- a second sensor offset from the first sensor in an offset direction, and configured to detect a second spectrum of the external light;
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- an optic overlapping with the first and second sensors in a thickness direction crossing the offset direction, and configured to:
- transmit the first spectrum of the external light in the thickness direction to the first sensor;
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- reflect the second spectrum of the external light in the offset direction towards the second sensor.
An optic for a multicamera device comprising a first sensor configured to detect a first spectrum of external light, and a second sensor offset from the first sensor in an offset direction and configured to detect a second spectrum of the external light, the optic comprising:
- a substrate overlapping with the first and second sensors in a thickness direction crossing the offset direction;
- a first reflective layer on the substrate;
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- an optical layer between the first sensor and the substrate,
- wherein the optic is configured to:
- transmit the first spectrum of the external light in the thickness direction to the first sensor;
- and
- reflect the second spectrum of the external light in the offset direction towards the second sensor.
A multicamera device comprising:
- a first sensor configured to detect a first spectrum of external light;
- a second sensor configured to detect a second spectrum of the external light, and located along a first direction with respect to the first sensor;
- a lens overlapping with the first sensor, and defining a first optical path for the external light toward the first sensor in a second direction crossing the first direction;
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- an optic between the lens and the first and second sensors, and defining a second optical path for the second spectrum of the external light towards the second sensor in the first direction.
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