Patents by Inventor Manfred Manz

Manfred Manz 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).

  • Patent number: 10158832
    Abstract: A lens and color filter assembly contains lens units, and each lens unit is assigned to a single-color color filter unit. The lens and color filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artifacts appear. Simple color filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Waqas Malik, Muhammad Siddiqui, Markus Kamm, Manfred Manz
  • Publication number: 20180013987
    Abstract: A lens and colour filter assembly contains lens units, and each lens unit is assigned to a single-colour colour filter unit. The lens and colour filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artefacts appear. Simple colour filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Waqas MALIK, Muhammad SIDDIQUI, Markus KAMM, Manfred MANZ
  • Patent number: 9813680
    Abstract: A lens and color filter assembly contains lens units, and each lens unit is assigned to a single-color color filter unit. The lens and color filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artifacts appear. Simple color filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Waqas Malik, Muhammad Siddiqui, Markus Kamm, Manfred Manz
  • Publication number: 20150339803
    Abstract: A lens and colour filter assembly contains lens units, and each lens unit is assigned to a single-colour colour filter unit. The lens and colour filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artefacts appear. Simple colour filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Malik WAQAS, Muhammad Siddiqui, Markus Kamm, Manfred Manz
  • Patent number: 9137503
    Abstract: A camera system includes lens units such that each lens unit is assigned to a single-color color filter unit. The lens and color filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique that includes shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained, which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image, only few artifacts appear. Simple color filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SONY Corporation
    Inventors: Malik Waqas, Muhammad Siddiqui, Markus Kamm, Manfred Manz
  • Patent number: 8212198
    Abstract: Laser projection device comprising an image generating unit, intermediate imaging optics configured to generate an intermediate image at an image focal plane (210), an image diffusing element (300) and a projection lens (400) with an object focal plane (410), wherein the image diffusing element (300) is arranged in the image focal plane (210) and in the object focal plane (410) and comprises a superimposed microstructure (310) formed of constituent parts (311), which are regularly distributed within a surface plane (320) of the image diffusing element (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Zoltan Facius, Marco Hering, Markus Kamm, Manfred Manz
  • Publication number: 20120105691
    Abstract: A lens and colour filter assembly (100) contains lens units (110), wherein each lens unit (110) is assigned to a single-colour colour filter unit (120). The lens and colour filter assembly (100) may be combined with pixel units (230) such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, wherein the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artefacts appear. Simple colour filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Malik WAQAS, Muhammad SIDDIQUI, Markus KAMM, Manfred MANZ
  • Publication number: 20100171932
    Abstract: Laser projection device comprising an image generating unit, intermediate imaging optics configured to generate an intermediate image at an image focal plane (210), an image diffusing element (300) and a projection lens (400) with an object focal plane (410), wherein the image diffusing element (300) is arranged in the image focal plane (210) and in the object focal plane (410) and comprises a superimposed microstructure (310) formed of constituent parts (311), which are regularly distributed within a surface plane (320) of the image diffusing element (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zoltan FACIUS, Marco Hering, Markus Kamm, Manfred Manz