US 7,321,112 B2
Optical elements, related manufacturing methods and assemblies incorporating optical elements
Joseph S. Stam, Holland, Mich. (US); and Jon H. Bechtel, Holland, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, Mich. (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/921,076.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/495906, filed on Aug. 18, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0041313 A1, Feb. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. H01J 3/14 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 250—216  [359/615; 359/619] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle system, comprising:
at least one lens configured for light sensing applications and further configured to project first oriented light rays associated with a scene through a lens element, said lens element is configured to split said first oriented light rays to form two or more spatially dispersed images of the scene on an image plane of an image sensor, wherein said image sensor comprises an array of pixels, and wherein centers of said at least two spatially dispersed images are vertically and, or, horizontally misaligned by a spacing corresponding to a size of one pixel.