Imaging device

摘要

An imaging device comprising a flexible sensor attached to a control case. The flexible sensor provides both a source of illumination to the image being captured and a method of capturing the image. The method of capture comprises a field of reactors disbursed across the facial area of the sensor, the output of which produces a dot-pattern capture of the intended image which is passed to a storage device.

主权项

1. A simple image capture device with no moving parts, very low energy requirements and low intensity image illumination requirements, comprising:
a. a sensor linked to a control case, wherein the sensor provides illumination to, and capture of, an image and; b. wherein the sensor comprises:
i. a dispersed field of reactor elements optically shielded from an illumination source in all directions except that facing the image to be captured, wherein the reactor elements are configured to measurably respond to different levels of illumination;ii. an illumination channel that evenly transmits illumination from its face surfaces;iii. a plurality of light shields located longitudinally along the illumination channel, with the light shields and the illumination channel arranged along the same plane that includes the plurality of light shields;iv. conductors to transmit reactor responses to an external storage device; andv. a window layer providing a medium through which illumination passes, to the image and, when reflected, back onto the reactor elements.