Patents by Inventor Christin Weichelt

Christin Weichelt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240111129
    Abstract: A lens system for an imaging device is provided, the lens system comprising: a first lens group, having a fixed position along an optical axis Z of the lens system, the first lens group comprising a pair of lenses, each of the pair of lenses having at least one lens surface that is a free-form surface,; and a second lens group, arranged along the optical axis Z of the lens system, comprising a plurality of rotationally symmetrical lenses; wherein a first lens of the pair of lenses of the first lens group is configured to be moveable along a Y-axis of the lens system perpendicular to the optical axis Z of the lens system, and a second lens of the pair of lenses of the first lens group is configured to be moveable in an opposite direction to the first lens of the pair of lenses along the Y-axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Christin WEICHELT, Markus KAMM, Motoyuki OTAKE, Takumi MATSUI, Manabu ISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20220146799
    Abstract: A first lens unit and a third lens unit are constituted by a lens which is rotationally symmetrical with respect to an optical axis and are disposed on the same optical axis, a first freeform-curved surface lens and a second freeform-curved surface lens have the same shape and are disposed to be rotated at 180 degrees with respect to the optical axis, the first freeform-curved surface lens and the second freeform-curved surface lens are movable in a Y-axis direction when the optical axes of the first lens unit and the third lens unit are set to be a Z-axis, an axis perpendicular to the Z-axis on an image surface is set to be a Y-axis, and an axis perpendicular to the Y-axis and the Z-axis on the image surface is set to be an X-axis, a refractive power of the second lens unit is variable due to the first freeform-curved surface lens and the second freeform-curved surface lens moving in opposite directions, and the first freeform-curved surface lens and the second freeform-curved surface lens are moved in the Y
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: MOTOYUKI OTAKE, TAKUMI MATSUI, MANABU ISHIOKA, CHRISTIN WEICHELT, HIROSHI USHIDA, MARKUS KAMM
  • Patent number: 9939572
    Abstract: An optical system (110) includes a lens unit (112) with a plurality of lenses. An out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112) includes an annular intensity distribution with at least one ring-shaped side peak at a radial distance to a center point. A birefringent device (115) in an optical path of the optical system (110) is adapted to selectively attenuate the ring-shaped side peak in the out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christin Weichelt, Markus Kamm
  • Publication number: 20170184770
    Abstract: An optical system (110) includes a lens unit (112) with a plurality of lenses. An out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112) includes an annular intensity distribution with at least one ring-shaped side peak at a radial distance to a center point. A birefringent device (115) in an optical path of the optical system (110) is adapted to selectively attenuate the ring-shaped side peak in the out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christin WEICHELT, Markus KAMM
  • Patent number: 9625632
    Abstract: An optical system (110) includes a lens unit (112) with a plurality of lenses. An out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112) includes an annular intensity distribution with at least one ring-shaped side peak at a radial distance to a center point. A birefringent device (115) in an optical path of the optical system (110) is adapted to selectively attenuate the ring-shaped side peak in the out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christin Weichelt, Markus Kamm
  • Publication number: 20160291230
    Abstract: An optical system (110) includes a lens unit (112) with a plurality of lenses. An out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112) includes an annular intensity distribution with at least one ring-shaped side peak at a radial distance to a center point. A birefringent device (115) in an optical path of the optical system (110) is adapted to selectively attenuate the ring-shaped side peak in the out-of-focus point spread function of the lens unit (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Christin WEICHELT, Markus KAMM
  • Publication number: 20110038038
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a lens array imaging optics for a line sensor module comprising at least two lens arrays (100, 200) and a black mask (700) arranged between the two lens arrays (100, 200), the black mask (700) being configured to avoid overlap of sub-images of adjacent lens elements (110) of the at least two lens arrays (100, 200) in an image segment (410) of an image plane (400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Markus KAMM, Zoltan Facius, Christin Weichelt