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 |
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.
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