Curved sensor mania first took over the blogosphere back in 2014 thanks to Sony and their curved creation. But while that sensor never really came to anything worthwhile—although it was used in a “camera”—two Canon patents are sparking interest in this technology once again.
It seems Canon is looking to bend some sensors of their […]. petapixel.com
A patent showing a curved sensor equipped with DPAF has appeared, like the stacked sensor patents, curved sensors appear to be getting closer to being brought to a product. Canon News interprets Japan Patent Application 2018-014657: The sensor uses a piezoelectric device to drive the shape change of the curved sensor and has strain gauges (219) to Read more... canonrumors.com »
2018-01-26 00:45
CEA-Leti has created this fully-functional prototype of a 20MP full frame image sensor. Photo Credit: LAM / CEA-Leti Curved image sensors are an area of intense interest and research, and now the field of astronomy is jumping into the mix, developing curved sensors for use in telescopes. dpreview.com »
2017-07-12 17:27
Canon continues to roll out the curved sensor patents. This one gives more information on how to control the adjustable curvature in previous patents. Patent publication number 2016-213571 (Google Translated) Release date 2016. canonrumors.com »
2016-12-30 20:54
Another patent showing a curved sensor design from Canon has appeared. A previous patent showed how a curved sensor could help reduce vignetting. This patent shows how to electronically bend the sensor. canonrumors.com »
2016-12-09 16:28
A new patent suggests Canon’s engineers might be working on a curved sensor design to reduce vignetting. Japanese blog Egami reports on a patent that was released on the 24th of November and describes an image sensor design with a flat central portion, where light fall-off from the lens is not much of an issue, and curved edges, where fall-off is generally more noticeable. dpreview.com »
2016-12-02 23:42