Device comprising a multi-aperture imaging device, method for producing same and method for capturing a total field of view
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorsFrank WIPPERMANN, Nicolas LANGE, Oliver PABST
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Abstract
A device described here includes a housing and a multi-aperture imaging device. The multi-aperture imaging device includes an array of optical channels arranged next to one another and a beam-deflector for deflecting an optical path of the optical channels. In a first operating state of the device, the housing encloses a housing volume. In the first operating state of the device, the beam-deflector includes a first position within the housing volume. In a second operating state of the device, the beam-deflector includes a second position where the beam-deflector is arranged at least partly outside the housing volume.
Claims28
A device comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a multi-aperture imaging device comprising:
- an array of optical channels arranged next to one another;
- and
- a beam-deflector for deflecting an optical path of the optical channels;
- wherein external surfaces of the housing enclose a housing volume in a first operating state of the device, wherein the beam-deflector, in the first operating state of the device, comprises a first positon within the housing volume,
- wherein the beam-deflector, in a second operating state of the device, comprises a second position where the beam-deflector is arranged at least partly outside the housing volume.
A method for providing a device, comprising:
- providing a housing;
- and
- arranging a multi-aperture imaging device within the housing, the multi-aperture imaging device comprising:
- an array of optical channels arranged next to one another;
- and
- a beam-deflector for deflecting an optical path of the optical channels;
- wherein arranging the multi-aperture imaging device is executed such that external surfaces of the housing enclose a housing volume in a first operating state of the device so that the beam-deflector, in the first operating state of the device, comprises a first position within the housing volume;
- and
- so that the beam-deflector, in a second operating state of the device, comprises a second position in which the beam-deflector is arranged at least partly outside the housing volume.
A method for capturing a total field of view, comprising:
- moving the beam-deflector of a multi-aperture imaging device to a position in which the beam-deflector is arranged at least partly outside a housing volume which, in a first operating state of a device, is enclosed by external surfaces of a housing and where the beam-deflector is arranged in a first position;
- and
- capturing the total field of view using an array of optical channels of the multi-aperture imaging device arranged next to one another, the optical paths of which are deflected by the beam-deflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.