US Patent Issued to Adeia Imaging on Sept. 2 for "Lensless camera positioned behind display layer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,639, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Adeia Imaging LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Lensless camera positioned behind display layer" was invented by Ning Xu (Irvine, Calif.) and Tao Chen (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for enabling a lensless camera having an image sensor and a mask to be positioned behind a display screen of a device, which allows for the device to have an increased screen-to-body ratio. The image sensor captures an image based on the light that travels through the display screen and the mask. The display screen may include portions between pixel elements that allow lig...