Optical scope system for capturing an image of a scene
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsThimo EMMERICH, Zoltan FACIUS, Paul SPRINGER
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Abstract
An optical device for capturing an image of a scene, the optical device comprising: a plurality of image sensors each operable to capture a respective initial image of the scene; a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor, each image sensor being located at a different respective distance from the lens arrangement; and an image processor operable to generate the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images.
Claims16
An optical scope system for capturing an image of a scene, the endoscope system comprising:
- a plurality of image sensors each operable to capture a respective initial image of the scene;
- a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor, each image sensor being located at a different respective distance from the lens arrangement;
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- an image processor operable to generate the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images.
A method of capturing an image of a scene in an optical scope system, the method comprising:
- capturing a plurality of initial images of the scene, each initial image of the scene being captured using a respective one of a plurality of image sensors, wherein each image sensor is located at a different respective distance from a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor;
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- generating the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.