Apparatus and method for capturing lightfield image

A method for capturing a light field image, the method comprising:

• providing, by a certain number of mirrors of multiple mirrors of a mirror array, light to multiple elements of an image sensor;
• and
• generating, by the image sensor, image data, according to the light provided to the multiple element,
• wherein each of the multiple mirrors is selected as one of the certain number of the mirrors in at least one of multiple time slots based on timesharing, and
• wherein the apparatus generates image data having a size that is larger than a resolution of the image sensor, by selecting a part of the multiple mirrors as the certain number of the mirrors based on timesharing and by enabling the selected mirrors to provide light to the multiple elements of the image sensor.

An apparatus for capturing a light field image, the apparatus comprising:

• a micro-lens array;
• and
• an image sensor,
• wherein a certain number of lenses of multiple lenses of the micro-Lens array provide light to multiple elements of the image sensor,
• wherein each of the multiple lenses is selected as one of the certain number of the lenses in at least one of multiple time slots based on timesharing, and
• wherein the apparatus generates image data having a size that is larger than a resolution of the image sensor, by selecting a part of the multiple lenses as the certain number of the lenses and by enabling the selected lenses to provide light to the multiple elements of the image sensor.