Lytro

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An original Lytro camera in red

Lytro was a company that made lightfield cameras.

Their cameras operated on the basis of using a microlens array in front of a standard CMOS image sensor.

Lytro's product used a traditional LCD.

The first generation lytro cameras had a low resolution and a TN screen.

History[edit]

Lytro was originally named Refocus Imaging.[1]

Lytro announced a cinema camera.[1]

Many of Lytro's employees left and went to work for Google.[1] Other employees founded Light Field Lab.[1]

Products[edit]

Patents[edit]

Lytro has filed patents and patent applications:

  • US20130033636 - Optical assembly including plenoptic microlens array
  • US8724014B2 - Light field data acquisition
  • US8749620B1 - 3D light field cameras, images and files
  • USD666660S1 - camera design patent
  • US8289440B2 - Light field data acquisition gadgets
  • US8559705B2 - Interactive refocusing of electronic images
  • US20140146201A1 - Optimization of optical systems
  • US20130222652A1 - Compensating for sensor saturation and microlens modulation

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