Patents by Inventor Vinoo Margasahayam

Vinoo Margasahayam 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).

  • Imaging systems and methods using square image sensor for flexible image orientation
    Patent number: 9531970
    Abstract: An imaging system for generating flexibly oriented electronic images includes an image sensor having a square pixel array, imaging optics for forming an optical image on at least a portion of the square pixel array, wherein the portion is within an image circle of the imaging optics and includes at least two rectangular sub-portions differing from each other in aspect ratio and/or orientation, and a processing module capable of generating an electronic image from each of the at least two rectangular sub-portions. An imaging method for generating electronic images of flexible orientation, using a square image sensor pixel array, includes forming an optical image on at least a portion of the square image sensor pixel array, selecting, according to a desired orientation, a rectangular sub-portion of the at least a portion of the square image sensor pixel array, and generating a final electronic image from the sub-portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bahman Haji-Khamneh, Harish Iyer, Vinoo Margasahayam
  • Imaging Systems And Methods Using Square Image Sensor For Flexible Image Orientation
    Publication number: 20140320715
    Abstract: An imaging system for generating flexibly oriented electronic images includes an image sensor having a square pixel array, imaging optics for forming an optical image on at least a portion of the square pixel array, wherein the portion is within an image circle of the imaging optics and includes at least two rectangular sub-portions differing from each other in aspect ratio and/or orientation, and a processing module capable of generating an electronic image from each of the at least two rectangular sub-portions. An imaging method for generating electronic images of flexible orientation, using a square image sensor pixel array, includes forming an optical image on at least a portion of the square image sensor pixel array, selecting, according to a desired orientation, a rectangular sub-portion of the at least a portion of the square image sensor pixel array, and generating a final electronic image from the sub-portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bahman Haji-Khamneh, Harish Iyer, Vinoo Margasahayam