18313459. FLAT OPTICS CAMERA MODULE FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGING simplified abstract (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.)
FLAT OPTICS CAMERA MODULE FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGING
Organization Name
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
Inventor(s)
Jung-Huei Peng of Jhubei City (TW)
Chun-Wen Cheng of Zhubei City (TW)
Yi-Chien Wu of Taichung City (TW)
Tsun-Hsu Chen of Hsinchu City (TW)
FLAT OPTICS CAMERA MODULE FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGING - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18313459 titled 'FLAT OPTICS CAMERA MODULE FOR HIGH QUALITY IMAGING
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a camera module with flat lenses that focus visible light into a beam of white light, split the beam into sub-beams of red, green, and blue light, and guide the sub-beams to separate image sensors for each color. This allows for the generation of high-quality full-color images without the need for color filters and with smaller pixel sensors.
- Camera module with flat lenses
- Lenses focus light into white beam, split into red, green, and blue sub-beams
- Sub-beams directed to separate image sensors for each color
- No need for color filters, smaller pixel sensors
- Higher quality imaging
Potential Applications
- Smartphone cameras - Digital cameras - Security cameras - Medical imaging devices
Problems Solved
- Eliminates the need for color filters - Reduces the size of pixel sensors - Improves image quality
Benefits
- Higher quality full-color images - Smaller camera module size - Reduced or eliminated camera bumps on devices
Original Abstract Submitted
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a camera module comprising flat lenses. Flat lenses have reduced thicknesses compared to other types of lenses, whereby the camera module may have a small size and camera bumps may be omitted or reduced in size on cell phones and the like incorporating the camera module. The flat lenses are configured to focus visible light into a beam of white light, split the beam into sub-beams of red, green, and blue light, and guide the sub-beams respectively to separate image sensors for red, green, and blue light. The image sensors generate images for corresponding colors and the images are combined into a full-color image. Optically splitting the beam into the sub-beams and using separate image sensors for the sub-beams allows color filters to be omitted and smaller pixel sensors. This, in turn, allows higher quality imaging.
