Patents by Inventor Domenick Montalbo Joseph

Domenick Montalbo Joseph has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Use of a lenslet array with a vertically stacked pixel array
    Patent number: 6958862
    Abstract: An improved optical imaging system includes a vertically stacked pixel array and a lenslet array for capturing images while minimizing the focal length. The vertically stacked pixel array is configured to operate as an image sensor. The lenslet array is configure to focus the image on the image sensor. Each lens of the lenslet array focuses an image on a sub-array of the image sensor. Each sub-array is shifted from one another so that additional data obtained for each equivalent pixel in each sub-array. An image is obtained by combining the data of each sub-array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Foveon, Inc.
    Inventor: Domenick Montalbo Joseph