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US 8,896,668 B2Granted
Combining data from multiple image sensors
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSergiu R. Goma, Milivoje Aleksic, Hau Hwang, Joseph Cheung
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Abstract
A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes receiving lines of image data at an image processor having an input for a single camera. Each line of the image data includes first line data from a first image captured by a first camera and second line data from a second image captured by a second camera. The method also includes generating an output frame having a first section corresponding to line data of the first image and having a second section corresponding to line data of the second image. The first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate a three-dimensional (3D) image format or a 3D video format.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- receiving lines of image data at an image processor having an input for a single camera, wherein each line of the image data is a combined line including a first data line from a first image captured by a first camera and a second data line from a second image captured by a second camera, wherein a combiner coupled to the first camera and to the second camera generates each line of the image data by receiving and aligning one first data line with one second data line to form one combined line, and wherein the combiner and the image processor are included in a system-on-chip;
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- generating an output frame based on the combined lines, the output frame having a first section corresponding to the first data lines of the combined lines and having a second section corresponding to the second data lines of the combined lines, wherein the first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate data in a three-dimensional (3D) image format or in a 3D video format.
An apparatus comprising:
- an image processor having an input for a single camera, wherein the image processor is configured to receive lines of image data via the input, each line of the image data being a combined line including a first data line from a first image captured by a first camera and a second data line from a second image captured by a second camera,
- wherein the image processor is configured to generate an output frame based on the combined lines, the output frame having a first section corresponding to the first data lines of the combined lines and having a second section corresponding to the second data lines of the combined lines, and wherein the first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate data with a three-dimensional (3D) image format or to generate data with a 3D video format;
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- a combiner coupled to the first camera and to the second camera, wherein the combiner is configured to generate each line of the image data by receiving and aligning one first data line with one second data line to form one combined line, and wherein the image processor and the combiner are included in a system-on-chip.
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A non-transitory computer readable-medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive lines of image data via an input for a single camera, wherein each line of the image data is a combined line including a first data line from a first image captured by a first camera and a second data line from a second image captured by a second camera, wherein a combiner coupled to the first camera and to the second camera generates each line of the image data by receiving and aligning one first data line with one second data line to form one combined line, and wherein the combiner and the processor are included in a system-on-chip;
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- generate an output frame based on the combined lines, the output frame having a first section corresponding to the first data lines of the combined lines and having a second section corresponding to the second data lines of the combined lines, wherein the first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate data in a three-dimensional (3D) image format or in a 3D video format.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving lines of image data at an input for a single camera, wherein each line of the image data is a combined line including a first data line from a first image captured by a first camera and a second data line from a second image captured by a second camera,
- wherein the means for receiving lines is configured to generate an output frame based on the combined lines, the output frame having a first section corresponding to the first data lines of the combined lines and having a second section corresponding to the second data lines of the combined lines, wherein the first section and the second section are configured to be used to generate data in a three-dimensional (3D) image format or in a 3D video format;
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- means for combining the first data lines and the second data lines, wherein the means for combining is coupled to the first camera and to the second camera, wherein the means for combining is configured to generate each line of the image data by receiving and aligning one first data line with one second data line to form one combined line, and wherein the means for combining and the means for receiving lines are included in a system-on-chip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.