Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for “an Integrated Single-Aperture Depth Capture System For An Electronic Device And Method For Performing The Same”

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641086362 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on July 15, 2026, for “an Integrated Single-Aperture Depth Capture System For An Electronic Device And Method For Performing The Same”.

Inventors include Ithan Sonal Menachery; and Abdul Rahim V C.

The application for the patent was published on October 09, 2026, under issue no. 41/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact single-aperture depth sensing system and method for electronic devices, integrating a laterally positioned infrared emitter, a folded optical path, a metasurface diffractive optical element, and a dual-mode image sensor aligned along a common optical axis. T...