IP Library Granted Patent US 9,197,819
Granted Patent B2
US 9,197,819 · App. 14/099,777 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Exposure-suppressing imaging system

Inventors: Chao-Wen Liang (Taoyuan County, TW); Jhe-Syuan Lin (Taoyuan County, TW); Min-Fang Lo (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
H04N5/2352G02B13/22H04N5/2173
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Patent No.
US 9,197,819
App. No.
14/099,777
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exposure-suppressing imaging system has a first optical assembly forming a first image of an object on a focal plane thereof, a beam splitter positioned between the first optical assembly and the focal plane of the first optical assembly; an LCOS reflective light modulator positioned on the focal plane, and selectively and partially altering the reflectivity thereof to reflect the first image back to the beam splitter; a second optical assembly positioned on a side of the beam splitter and receiving the reflected first image to form a second image on a focal plane of the second optical assembly; a light sensor converting the second image into a signal; and a controller receiving the signal computed as a third image, and selectively controlling the reflectivity of the LCOS reflective light modulator according to whether the signal contains information of overexposure on the third image.

Claims (24)

1. An exposure-suppressing imaging system installed in motor vehicle comprising:

a first optical assembly forming a first image of an object at a focal plane thereof and having:

a first lens having a central concavity which radius is −5.73 to −7 mm defined on a first surface thereof and a convexity which radius is −7.65 to −9.35 mm defined on a second surface thereof;

a second lens having convexities respectively defined on a first surface and a second surface thereof with radiuses 17.36 to 21.21 mm and −10.86 to −13.28 mm respectively;

a third lens having a central concavity which radius is −8.85 to −10.81 mm defined on a first surface thereof and a planar area defined on a second surface thereof;

a fourth lens having a convexity which radius is 13.53 to 16.53 mm defined on a first surface thereof and a planar defined on a second surface thereof,

wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens are sequentially centered on a common optical axis;

a beam splitter positioned between the first optical assembly and the focal plane of the first optical assembly;

an LCOS reflective light modulator positioned on the focal plane, and selectively and partially altering the reflectivity thereof to reflect the first image back to the beam splitter;

a second optical assembly positioned on a side of the beam splitter and receiving the reflected first image to form a second image on a focal plane of the second optical assembly, and having:

a fifth lens having a concavity which radius is −45.71 to −55.87 mm defined on a first surface thereof and a convexity which radius is −13.13 to −16.05 mm defined on a second surface thereof;

a sixth lens having convexities which radiuses are 11.18 to 13.66 mm respectively defined on a first surface and a second surface thereof;

a seventh lens coupled to the sixth lens, having a concavity which radius is −6.12 to −7.57 mm defined on a first surface thereof and a planar area defined on a second surface thereof;

an eighth lens having convexities which radiuses are 6.63 to 8.1 mm and −25.43 to −31.08 mm respectively defined on a first surface and a second surface thereof; and

a ninth lens having a central concavity which radius is −3.30 to −4.03 mm defined on a first surface thereof and a planar area defined on a second surface thereof,

in which the fifth lens, the sixth lens, the seventh lens, the eighth lens and the ninth lens are sequentially centered on the common optical axis;

a light sensor positioned on the focal plane of the second optical assembly and converting the second image into a signal; and

a controller receiving the signal and computing the signal to generate a third image, and selectively controlling the reflectivity of the LCOS reflective light modulator according to whether the signal contains information of overexposure on the third image.

2. The exposure-suppressing imaging system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first optical assembly has a focal length of 17 mm and a F-number of 8.

3. The exposure-suppressing imaging system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second optical assembly has a focal length of 8.24 mm.

4. The exposure-suppressing imaging system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second optical assembly has a focal length of 8.24 mm.

5. The exposure-suppressing imaging system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first optical assembly is a telecentric optical imaging system.

6. The exposure-suppressing imaging system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first optical assembly is a telecentric optical imaging system.

7. The exposure-suppressing imaging system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first optical assembly is a telecentric optical imaging system.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 17, 2015
From: CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ARMAMENTS BUREAU, M.N.D.
To: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 035453/0341 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2013
From: LIANG, CHAO-WEN; LIN, JHE-SYUAN; LO, MIN-FANG
To: CHUNG-SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ARMAMENTS BUREAU, M.N.D
Reel/Frame 031736/0124 →
Continuity (1)
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