Multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYang Ho Cho, Dong Kyung Nam, Hyoseok Hwang, Young Ju Jeong, Jingu Heo
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Abstract
A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.
Claims26
A capturing apparatus comprising:
- a lens array comprising a plurality of lenses;
- and
- a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing pixels,
- wherein the lens array is disposed on the sensor in misalign condition, and a transformation matrix between a first matrix of pixel values generated by the sensing pixels and a second matrix of visual information of spots to be sensed is allowed to be full rank.
A capturing method comprising:
- acquiring pixel values from a plurality of sensing pixels in a sensor;
- and
- generating a captured image based on the pixel values,
- wherein a lens array comprising a plurality of lenses is disposed on the sensor in misalign condition, and a transformation matrix between a first matrix of pixel values generated by the sensing pixels and a second matrix of visual information of spots to be sensed is allowed to be full rank.
A capturing apparatus comprising:
- a lens array comprising a plurality of lenses;
- and
- a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing pixels,
- wherein the lens array is disposed on the sensor in misalign condition, and light incident on each sensing pixel corresponds to different combinations of visual information of spots to be sensed.
A smart phone comprising:
- a camera generating image information;
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions;
- and
- a processor processing the image information based on the computer-readable instructions,
- wherein the camera comprising:
- a lens array comprising a plurality of lenses;
- and
- a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing pixels,
- wherein the lens array is disposed on the sensor in misalign condition, and a transformation matrix between a first matrix of pixel values generated by the sensing pixels and a second matrix of visual information of spots to be sensed is allowed to be full rank.
A wearable device comprising:
- a camera generating image information;
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions;
- and
- a processor processing the image information based on the computer-readable instructions,
- wherein the camera comprising:
- a lens array comprising a plurality of lenses;
- and
- a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing pixels,
- wherein the lens array is disposed on the sensor in misalign condition, and a transformation matrix between a first matrix of pixel values generated by the sensing pixels and a second matrix of visual information of spots to be sensed is allowed to be full rank.
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