US Patent Issued to SICK IVP on Feb. 17 for "Image sensor, camera and imaging system with two or more focus planes" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,676, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SICK IVP AB (Linkoping, Sweden).

"Image sensor, camera and imaging system with two or more focus planes" was invented by Anders Murhed (Linkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image sensor (331; 531; 531') for use with a lens (340; 540') arranged to focus light onto an image sensing area (333; 533) of said image sensor (331; 531). Camera (330; 530'; 730) comprising the image sensor (331; 531; 531') and said lens (340; 540'). Imaging system (305; 705; 730) for three-dimensional imaging of an object (320; 720) based on light triangulation, comprising the camera. The image sensor (331; 53...