Lens array camera and method of driving lens array camera
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaekun Yoon, Yang Ho Cho, Kyuhwan Choi, Deokyoung Kang
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Abstract
A method of driving a lens array camera may include simultaneously driving a first group of sensing elements from among a plurality of sensing elements, each sensing element from among the first group of sensing elements corresponding to a same original signal viewpoint, wherein the plurality of sensing elements is included in a sensor corresponding to the lens array camera including N rows of N lenses, N being a natural number.
Claims20
A lens array camera comprising:
- a plurality of lens arranged in N rows, N being a natural number;
- a plurality of sensing elements arranged in (N*M+1) rows, M being a natural number;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including instructions to be read by a computer,
- wherein when the instructions are executed in the processor, the processor is configured to simultaneously drive a first group of sensing elements of the plurality of sensing elements,
- wherein the first group of sensing elements comprises a first plurality of rows of sensing elements given by
- {
- i
- ×
- M
- +
- 1
- ,
- 0
- ≤
- i
- <
- p
- i
- ×
- M
- +
- 2
- ,
- p
- ≤
- i
- <
- N
- wherein p is equal to N/2 rounded up to the nearest natural number and i is an integer.
A method of driving a lens array camera including a plurality of lens arranged in N rows, N being a natural number, the method comprising:
- simultaneously driving a first group of sensing elements of a plurality of sensing elements, the plurality of sensing elements arranged in (N*M+1) rows and M being a natural number, and
- wherein the first group of sensing elements comprises a first plurality of rows of sensing elements given by
- {
- i
- ×
- M
- +
- 1
- ,
- 0
- ≤
- i
- <
- p
- i
- ×
- M
- +
- 2
- ,
- p
- ≤
- i
- <
- N
- wherein p is equal to N/2 rounded up to the nearest natural number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.