US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Camera focusing including lens centration estimation using variable focal length phased metalens" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,427, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Camera focusing including lens centration estimation using variable focal length phased metalens" was invented by Ronald M. Taylor (Greentown, Ind.) and Morgan Daniel Murphy (Kokomo, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is camera focusing including lens centration estimation using variable focal length phased metalenses. Camera modular alignment and test (CMAT) equipment checks the modular transfer function (MTF) performance of lenses and an image sensor. The CMAT equipment positions a variable focal length phased metalens between the...