Overview

Tessera's OptiML™ Focus solutions are based on Tessera's revolutionary micro imaging technology that combines lens design with light digital algorithms that together result in an image which is always in focus. The algorithms can be implemented in H/W and S/W and can be integrated in a sensor, ISP, Application Processor, or run off-line.

OptiML™ Focus lenses' composition can be plastic and/or glass; they are manufactured with existing injection molding production lines.

Tessera licenses and provides a complete OptiML™ Focus solution including lens designs, algorithms as IP blocks (H/W and S/W), and design, integration and support services.

Key Features
• Improved image quality
• Auto-Focus without moving parts
• Supply by tier-1 lens makers
• Suitable for low light image taking

Characteristics
• No moving parts
• No increase to:
   • Size
   • Cost and complexity
   Relative to existing fixed-focus solutions
• Manufactured with existing injection molding machinery, materials and methods
• Low chromatic aberrations
• Low SNR penalty
• No wavelength sensitivity
• No real-time picture analysis is required
• Compatible with both still and video picture taking
• Processing can be bypassed in preview and video modes
• Works with any resolution and any sensor (CMOS and CCD)