US 2020/0026140 A1 · SWITCHABLE IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM

Abstract

A switchable image capturing system is provided. Through modulating light by an electro-optical switch, the light intake received by the lens assembly and the image sensor may be changed. Specifically, when the electro-optical switch receives a positive voltage, the electro-optical switch obstructs the light so that the lens assembly and the image sensor are not able to image by receiving the light; when the electro-optical switch receives a negative voltage, the electro-optical switch allows the light to pass through so that the lens assembly and the image sensor is able to image by receiving the light. Through the configuration in the aforementioned statements, the image time of the image sensor may be controlled to interrupt or continue filming according to the user's needs.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A switchable image capturing system comprising:

at least one image sensor positioned in a direction in which a light travels;
at least one lens assembly positioned in the direction in which the light travels and in front of each of the image sensors, and an optical axis of the lens assembly overlapping a central normal line of a sensing surface of the image sensors in such a way that the light focuses on the image sensor;
at least one electro-optical switch positioned in the direction in which the light travels, and each of the electro-optical switches changing a transmission rate thereof according to a control signal to obstruct a travel route of the light or to make the light pass through each of the electro-optical switches;
and
a microcontroller electrically connected to each of the electro-optical switches.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/287,291Filed 27 Feb 2019

Priority

17 Jul 2018

Published

23 Jan 2020

Term ends

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Classification28 codes

G02F 1/163
Based on an electrochromic effect: operation of electrochromic cells, e.g. electrodeposition cells; Circuit arrangements therefor
G02B 9/12
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or -: having three…
G02B 9/34
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or -: having four…
G02B 9/60
Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or -: having five…

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