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US 9,001,227 B2Granted
Combining data from multiple image sensors
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMilivoje Aleksic, Sergiu R. Goma, Hau Hwang, Joseph Cheung
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Abstract
A method of combining data from multiple sensors is disclosed. The method includes providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors. Each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate image data. The method also includes receiving synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors.
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A method comprising:
- providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors, wherein each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate data lines, and wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data;
- receiving synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors;
- rectifying the synchronized data output using a calibration matrix, wherein the calibration matrix accounts for non-ideal position and alignment of the multiple image sensors;
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- forming a combined image frame, wherein the combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the multiple image sensors and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the multiple image sensors.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a common control signal at multiple image sensors, wherein each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate data lines, and wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data;
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- generating synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors, wherein the synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors corresponds to image data, and wherein each of the multiple image sensors captures corresponding image data from a different portion of a common focal plane of a main lens,
- wherein a combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the multiple image sensors and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the multiple image sensors.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a sensor synchronizer configured to provide a common control signal to multiple image sensors to cause the multiple image sensors to generate data lines, wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data;
- a sensor data interface configured to receive synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors;
- a memory device to store a calibration matrix, wherein the calibration matrix is usable to rectify the synchronized data output to account for non-ideal position and alignment of the multiple image sensors;
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- an image processor configured to form a combined image frame, wherein the combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the multiple image sensors and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the multiple image sensors.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first image sensor;
- a second image sensor, wherein the first image sensor and the second image sensor are configured to receive a common control signal and are responsive to the common control signal to generate synchronized data output, wherein the synchronized data output from the first image sensor and the second image sensor corresponds to data lines, wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data, and wherein the first image sensor and the second image sensor capture corresponding image data from different portions of a common focal plane of a main lens;
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- an image processor configured to form a combined image frame, wherein the combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the first image sensor and the second image sensor and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the first image sensor and the second image sensor.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for providing a common control signal to multiple image sensors to cause the multiple image sensors to generate data lines, wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data;
- means for receiving synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors;
- means for rectifying the synchronized data output using a calibration matrix, wherein the calibration matrix accounts for non-ideal position and alignment of the multiple image sensors;
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- means for forming a combined image frame, wherein the combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the multiple image sensors and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the multiple image sensors.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for generating first image data;
- means for generating second image data, wherein the first image data and the second image data comprise data lines, wherein the means for generating the first image data and the means for generating the second image data are configured to receive a common control signal and are responsive to the common control signal to generate synchronized data output;
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- means for focusing light on a common focal plane, wherein the first image data corresponds to a first portion of the common focal plane and the second image data corresponds to a second portion of the common focal plane,
- wherein a combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the means for generating the first image data and the means for generating the second image data and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the means for generating first image data and the means for generating second image data.
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A non-transitory computer readable-medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- provide a common control signal to multiple image sensors, wherein each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate data lines, and wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data;
- receive synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors;
- rectify the synchronized data output using a calibration matrix, wherein the calibration matrix accounts for non-ideal position and alignment of the multiple image sensors;
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- form a combined image frame, wherein the combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the multiple image sensors and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the multiple image sensors.
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A non-transitory computer readable-medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- receive a common control signal at multiple image sensors, wherein each of the multiple image sensors is responsive to the common control signal to generate data lines, and wherein each data line corresponds to a line of image data;
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- generate synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors, wherein the synchronized data output from each of the multiple image sensors corresponds to image data, and wherein each of the multiple image sensors captures corresponding image data from a different portion of a common focal plane of a main lens,
- wherein a combined image frame comprises image sections including image data from the multiple image sensors and gap sections including non-image data that is disposed between the image sections and that is configured to align the image sections, wherein the combined image frame has multiple rows, and wherein each row includes at least one of the gap sections and includes a data line from each of the multiple image sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.