ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,347, issued on May 20, was assigned to Vieworks Co. Ltd. (Anyang-si, South Korea).
"Image acquisition apparatus" was invented by Yu Jung Kang (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Hooshik Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image acquisition apparatus capable of acquiring a clear and high-resolution stereo image by increasing the depth of field for a thick subject or a subject with inconsistent thickness. An image acquisition apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a polarizing prism unit for splitting an incident light beam; and a plurality of image collecting ...