Spectrally filtered lens producing plural f-numbers with different spectral characteristics
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- a photoresponsive device which provides an output varying as a function of the spectral composition of radiation incident thereon;
an optical assembly structured and arranged to collect scene radiation from a given field of view and direct it onto said photoresponsive device; and
,spectral filtering means positioned substantially at an aperture stop location of said optical assembly for altering the spectral composition of radiation passing through said optical assembly into at least two spectrally filtered zones having different spectral compositions and different f/numbers and which spectral compositions are then simultaneously directed onto said photoresponsive device by said optical assembly, whereby the spectral composition of radiation reaching said photosensitive device is controlled by said spectral filtering means to effect a desired change in the output of said photoresponsive device.
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Abstract
A photoresponsive apparatus is disclosed which includes a photoresponsive device that provides an output or response having a characteristic which varies as a function of the radiant power and wavelength incident on a photoresponsive surface thereof. Included is a spectral filtering means associated with an optical assembly so as to provide the assembly with different f-number zones for each of the respectively different proportionalities of wavelengths such that the spectral composition of incident radiation reaching the surface is controlled by the spectral filtering means to effect a desired change in the response of the photoresponsive device.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a photoresponsive device which provides an output varying as a function of the spectral composition of radiation incident thereon; an optical assembly structured and arranged to collect scene radiation from a given field of view and direct it onto said photoresponsive device; and
,spectral filtering means positioned substantially at an aperture stop location of said optical assembly for altering the spectral composition of radiation passing through said optical assembly into at least two spectrally filtered zones having different spectral compositions and different f/numbers and which spectral compositions are then simultaneously directed onto said photoresponsive device by said optical assembly, whereby the spectral composition of radiation reaching said photosensitive device is controlled by said spectral filtering means to effect a desired change in the output of said photoresponsive device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A photoresponsive apparatus comprising:
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a photoresponsive device which provides an output having a characteristic which varies as a function of the radiant power and wavelength incident on a photoresponsive surface thereof; an optical assembly structured and arranged in relationship to said device and which collects both coherent and incoherent scene radiation from a given field of view and directs it to said photoresponsive surface; and
,spectral filtering means associated with the optical assembly for altering simultaneously the composition of coherent and incoherent spectral energy incident on said photoresponsive surface into at least two spatially separated and spectrally filtered zones, each one of which transmits respectively different proportionalities of wavelengths, said filtering means being positioned substantially at an aperture stop location of said optical assembly, whereby said optical assembly is provided with different f-numbers for each of the respectively different proportionalities of wavelengths such that the spectral composition of incident radiation reaching said surface is controlled by said zones to effect a desired change in the resultant output characteristic of said photoresponsive device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An image enhancing apparatus comprising:
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an array of charge-couple devices which provide an output having a characteristic which varies as a function of the radiant power and wavelength incident on photoresponsive surfaces thereof; an optical assembly structured and arranged in relationship to said device and which collects both coherent and incoherent scene radiation from a given field of view and directs it to said photoresponsive surfaces; and
,spectral filtering means for filtering simultaneously the composition of coherent and incoherent spectral energy incident on said surfaces into at least two spectrally filtered zones, each one of which transmits respectively different groups of wavelengths, said filtering means being positioned substantially at an aperture stop location of said optical assembly whereby said optical assembly is provided with different f-numbers for each of the respectively different groups of wavelengths such that the spectral composition of incident radiation on said surfaces is controlled by said zones to effect a desired change in the output characteristics of said device.
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18. A method of controlling scene radiation incident on a photoresponsive device as a function of the spectral composition of radiation incident thereon;
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positioning an optical assembly structured and arranged to collect scene radiation from a given field of view and direct it onto said photoresponsive device; and
,positioning spectral filtering means positioned substantially at an aperture stop location of said optical assembly for altering the spectral composition of radiation passing through the optical assembly into at least two spectrally filtered zones having different spectral compositions and different f/numbers and which are then simultaneously directed onto the photoresponsive device by the optical assembly, whereby the spectral composition of radiation reaching the photosensitive device is controlled by said spectral filtering means to effect a desired change in the output of the photoresponsive device.
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19. A method of changing an output characteristic of a photoresponsive device which provides an output having a characteristic which varies as a function of the radiant power and wavelength incident on a photoresponsive surface thereof comprising the steps of:
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positioning an optical assembly structured and arranged in relationship to said device so as to collect both coherent and incoherent scene radiation from a given field of view and direct it to said photoresponsive surface; and
,positioning a spectral filtering arrangement at an aperture stop position of the optical assembly for altering simultaneously the composition of coherent and incoherent spectral energy incident on said photoresponsive surface into at least two (spectral) spectrally filtered zones, each one of which transmits different proportionalities of wavelengths and which provide the optical assembly with correspondingly different f-numbers so as to change the spectral composition incident on the surface so as to effect a desired change in the output characteristics of the photoresponsive device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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