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US RE50,911 E1Granted
High resolution thin multi-aperture imaging systems
AssigneeCorephotonics Ltd.
InventorsGal Shabtay, Noy Cohen, Oded Gigushinski, Ephraim Goldenberg
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Abstract
A multi-aperture imaging system comprising a first camera with a first sensor that captures a first image and a second camera with a second sensor that captures a second image, the two cameras having either identical or different FOVs. The first sensor may have a standard color filter array (CFA) covering one sensor section and a non-standard color CFA covering another. The second sensor may have either Clear or standard CFA covered sections. Either image may be chosen to be a primary or an auxiliary image, based on a zoom factor. An output image with a point of view determined by the primary image is obtained by registering the auxiliary image to the primary image.
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A multi-aperture imaging system comprising:
- a) a first camera that provides a first image, the first camera having a first field of view (FOV1) and a first sensor with a first plurality of sensor pixels covered at least in part with a standard color filter array (CFA);
- b) a second camera that provides a second image, the second camera having a second field of view (FOV2) such that FOV2<FOV1 and a second sensor with a second plurality of sensor pixels, the second plurality of sensor pixels being either Clear or covered with a standard CFA, the second image having an overlap area with the first image;
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- c) a processor configured to provide an output image from a point of view of the first camera based on a zoom factor (ZF) input that defines a respective field of view (FOVZF), the first image being a primary image and the second image being a non-primary image, wherein if FOV2<FOVZF<FOV1 then the point of view of the output image is that of the first camera, the processor further configured to register the overlap area of the second image as non-primary image to the first image as primary image to obtain the output image.
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A method of acquiring images by a multi-aperture imaging system, the method comprising:
- a) providing a first image generated by a first camera of the imaging system, the first camera having a first field of view (FOV1) and a first sensor with a first plurality of sensor pixels covered at least in part with a standard color filter array (CFA);
- b) providing a second image generated by a second camera of the imaging system, the second camera having a second field of view (FOV2) such that FOV2<FOV and a second sensor with a second plurality of sensor pixels, the second plurality of sensor pixels being either Clear or covered with a standard CFA, the second image having an overlap area with the first image;
- c) using a processor to provide an output image from a point of view of the first camera based on a zoom factor (ZF) input that defines a respective field of view (FOVZF), the first image being a primary image and the second image being a non-primary image, wherein if FOV2<FOVZF<FOV1 then the point of view of the output image is that of the first camera;
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- d) using the processor to register the overlap area of the second image as non-primary image to the first image as primary image to obtain the output image.
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A multi-aperture imaging system, comprising:
- a first camera that provides a first image, the first camera having a first field of view (FOV1) and a first sensor with a first plurality of sensor pixels covered at least in part with a first camera standard color filter array (CFA) that includes a repetition of, at a minimum, a 4×4 micro-cell;
- a second camera that provides a second image, the second camera having a second field of view (FOV2) such that FOV2<FOV1 and a second sensor with a second plurality of sensor pixels, the second plurality of sensor pixels being covered with a second camera standard CFA, the second image having an overlap area with the first image;
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- a processor configured to provide an output image from a point of view of the first camera based on a zoom factor (ZF) input that defines a respective field of view (FOVZF), the first image being a primary image and the second image being a non-primary image, wherein if FOV2<FOVZF<FOV1 then the point of view of the output image is that of the first camera, the processor further configured to register the overlap area of the second image as non-primary image to the first image as primary image to obtain the output image.
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A method of acquiring images by a multi-aperture imaging system, the method comprising:
- providing a first image generated by a first camera of the imaging system, the first camera having a first field of View (FOV1) and a first sensor with a first plurality of sensor pixels covered at least in part with a first camera standard color filter array (CFA) that includes a repetition of, at a minimum, a 4×4 micro-cell;
- providing a second image generated by a second camera of the imaging system, the second camera-having a second field of view (FOV2) such that FOV2<FOV1 and a second sensor with a second plurality of sensor pixels, the second plurality of sensor pixels being covered with a second camera standard CFA, the second image having an overlap area with the first image;
- using a processor to provide an output image from a point of view of the first camera based on a zoom factor (ZF) input that defines a respective field of view (FOVZF), the first image being a primary image and the second image being a non-primary image, wherein if FOV2<FOVZF<FOV1 then the point of view of the output image is that of the first camera;
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- using the processor to register the overlap area of the second image as non-primary image to the first image as primary image to obtain the output image.
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