Image-capture device
First Claim
1. An image-capture device, comprising:
- an enclosure;
a lens arranged in a lens housing supported by the enclosure;
an illumination source having separately energized light emitters surrounding a perimeter of the lens housing, wherein when a first light emitter is energized the image-capture device directs light oscillating in a first orientation away from the image-capture device and wherein when a second light emitter is energized, the image-capture device directs light oscillating in a second orientation different from the first orientation away from the image-capture device,wherein one of the first light emitter and the second light emitter are formed from a ring of elements concentrically arranged about the lens housing,wherein one of the first light emitter and the second light emitter include elements arranged in more than one ring surrounding the lens,wherein a first substrate upon which elements in a first ring are arranged is offset from a second substrate upon which elements in a concentric ring arranged about the first ring are located,wherein a depth of the offset keeps a respective emitting surface of the respective elements distributed across the first ring and the concentric ring substantially coplanar; and
an image sensor supported by the enclosure and arranged to convert reflected light responsive to the respective first and second orientations into respective data assets.
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Abstract
An image-capture device includes an enclosure, a lens arranged in a lens housing, an illumination source and an image sensor. The illumination source has separately energized light emitters adjacent to the lens housing. When a first light emitter is energized, light oscillating in a first orientation is directed away from the image-capture device. When a second light emitter is energized, light oscillating in a second orientation different from the first orientation is directed away from the image-capture device. Alternatively, an image-capture device includes image sensors, a lens and an illumination source. The illumination source directs emitted light away from the device in different orientations. Light reflected from a subject-of-interest is received in optical paths intersected by respective polarizers. Reflected light passing through a first polarizer is substantially orthogonal to reflected light passing through a second polarizer.
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28 Claims
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1. An image-capture device, comprising:
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an enclosure; a lens arranged in a lens housing supported by the enclosure; an illumination source having separately energized light emitters surrounding a perimeter of the lens housing, wherein when a first light emitter is energized the image-capture device directs light oscillating in a first orientation away from the image-capture device and wherein when a second light emitter is energized, the image-capture device directs light oscillating in a second orientation different from the first orientation away from the image-capture device, wherein one of the first light emitter and the second light emitter are formed from a ring of elements concentrically arranged about the lens housing, wherein one of the first light emitter and the second light emitter include elements arranged in more than one ring surrounding the lens, wherein a first substrate upon which elements in a first ring are arranged is offset from a second substrate upon which elements in a concentric ring arranged about the first ring are located, wherein a depth of the offset keeps a respective emitting surface of the respective elements distributed across the first ring and the concentric ring substantially coplanar; and an image sensor supported by the enclosure and arranged to convert reflected light responsive to the respective first and second orientations into respective data assets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An image-capture device, comprising:
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an enclosure including at least two image sensors; a lens in a lens housing supported by the enclosure; and an illumination source that directs emitted light away from the enclosure, the illumination source arranged such that respective emitters surround a perimeter of the lens housing, wherein emitted light directed away from the enclosure by the illumination source is orthogonally polarized with respect to a polarization angle of reflected light that intersects at least one image sensor, wherein the lens receives reflected light from a subject-of-interest and directs the reflected light in a first optical path having a first polarizer and in a second optical path having a second polarizer such that reflected light that traverses the first polarizer is substantially orthogonal to reflected light that traverses the second polarizer, wherein a first image sensor intersecting the first optical path captures a first image and a second image sensor intersecting the second optical path captures a second image such that the first image and the second image are captured at a first time. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An image-capture device, comprising:
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an enclosure having a mounting surface; light emitters supported along the mounting surface, the light emitters directing light in a direction substantially orthogonal to the mounting surface, the light oscillating in a first orientation; a first set of image sensors arranged along the mounting surface, the first set of image sensors receiving reflected light oscillating in the first orientation; a second set of image sensors arranged along the mounting surface, the second set of image sensors receiving reflected light oscillating in a second orientation substantially orthogonal to the first orientation, a third set of image sensors arranged along the mounting surface, the third set of image sensors receiving reflected light oscillating in more than one orientation, wherein the first set of image sensors and the second set of image sensors are surrounded by respective subsets of the light emitters. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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