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Image-capture device

  • US 10,306,156 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2016
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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