US 2017/0366747 A1 · GENERATING HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for generating a high resolution image from a plurality of images captured from a plurality of sensors. The pixels in one sensor have at least one of different size, shape, or orientation than pixels in another sensor. The difference in size, shape, or orientation of the pixels and the interconnection of pixels on respective sensors provides a high level of certainty that there will be sufficient difference in the captured images, with limited loss in image content, to generate a relatively high resolution image from the images captured by the respective sensors.

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Dependent claims

A method of image processing, the method comprising:

generating pixel data for a first image from image content captured by a plurality of pixels of a first sensor, wherein the plurality of pixels of the first sensor includes a first pixel;
generating pixel data for a second image from image content captured by a plurality of pixels of a second sensor, wherein the plurality of pixels of the second sensor includes a second pixel, wherein the second pixel is located in a same relative position in the plurality of pixels of the second senor as the first pixel in the plurality of pixels of the first sensor, and wherein the first pixel differs from the second pixel in at least one of shape, size, or orientation;
processing the pixel data for the first image to construct the first image;
and
processing the pixel data for the second image to construct the second image.

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A device for image processing, the device comprising:

a first sensor comprising a plurality of pixels, the first sensor configured to generate pixel data for a first image from image content captured by the plurality of pixels of the first sensor, wherein the plurality of pixels of the first sensor includes a first pixel;
a second sensor comprising a plurality of pixels, the second sensor configured to generate pixel data for a second image from image content captured by the plurality of pixels of the second sensor, wherein the plurality of pixels of the second sensor includes a second pixel, wherein the second pixel is located in a same relative position in the plurality of pixels of the second senor as the first pixel in the plurality of pixels of the first sensor, and wherein the first pixel differs from the second pixel in at least one of shape, size, or orientation;
and
one or more sensor processors configured to:
process the pixel data for the first image to construct the first image;
and
process the pixel data for the second image to construct the second image.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generating high resolution images

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Generating high resolution images

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Abstract

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