Image capture device with contemporaneous reference image capture mechanism
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-005/262
G06K-009/00
H04N-005/77
H04N-005/272
H04N-005/232
H04N-005/345
G06K-009/32
H04N-005/225
H04N-009/804
H04N-005/235
H04N-005/347
H04N-005/228
H04N-005/907
출원번호
US-0140532
(2008-06-17)
등록번호
US-8896725
(2014-11-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Steinberg, Eran
Bigioi, Petronel
Zamfir, Adrian
Drimbarean, Alexandru
Corcoran, Peter
출원인 / 주소
Fotonation Limited
대리인 / 주소
Hickman Palermo Truong Becker Bingham Wong LLP
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초록▼
A hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device includes one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image. A secondary sensor and optical system are for capturing a reference image that has temporal and spatial ove
A hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device includes one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image. A secondary sensor and optical system are for capturing a reference image that has temporal and spatial overlap with the original image. The device performs an image processing method including capturing the main image with the main sensor and the reference image with the secondary sensor, and utilizing information from the reference image to enhance the main image. The main and secondary sensors are contained together within a housing.
대표청구항▼
1. A system including a hand-held or otherwise portable or a spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device, comprising: (a) a main optical system including one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image;(b) a secondary optical system including a s
1. A system including a hand-held or otherwise portable or a spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device, comprising: (a) a main optical system including one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image;(b) a secondary optical system including a secondary sensor that has a field of view that substantially overlaps the field of view of the main optical system and is configured for capturing one or more reference images including at least a first reference image that has temporal and spatial overlap with the original main image;(c) a processor;(d) one or more processor-readable non-transitory media having embedded programming code for the processor to perform a digital image processing method that comprises capturing, on the hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device, said original main image and one or more reference images, including said first reference image which has a temporal and spatial overlap with the original main image, on said main and secondary sensors, respectively, and the method further comprises enhancing the original main image based on analyzing the first reference image, wherein the enhancing comprises: (i) assessing on the device that the original main image includes one or more defects or otherwise sub-optimal characteristics based on information, image data or meta data, or combinations of the information, image data or meta data, of the one or more reference images including said first reference image relating to the one or more defects or otherwise sub-optimal characteristics of the original main image, and(ii) correcting on the device the one or more defects or otherwise sub-optimal characteristics in the original main image based on the information, image data or meta data, or combinations of these one or more defects or other sub-optimal characteristics, of the one or more reference images including the first reference image, wherein the correcting comprises modifying image data of the original main image to create a modified image comprising an enhanced version of the original main image;(e) a housing coupled at least with said one or more lenses, said aperture, and said main sensor of the main optical system, and with said secondary optical system including said secondary sensor that overlaps the field of view of the main optical system. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the housing further has coupled therein said processor and said one or more processor-readable media. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein said secondary sensor is located next to said main sensor within said housing. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein said secondary sensor has a different resolution than said main sensor. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein said secondary sensor has a different spectral sensitivity than said main sensor. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein said optical system for said secondary sensor is configured for capturing a narrower field of view than that of the main sensor. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein said different field of view includes a high resolution portion of said field of view of said main sensor. 8. The system of claim 1, wherein a slight delay is designed between capturing an image on said main sensor and on said secondary sensor. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein said slight delay is longer than a strobe discharge time. 10. The system of claim 8, wherein said slight delay is within a human blink time. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises rendering the modified image at a digital rendering device, display or printer, or combinations of a digital rendering device, display or printer, as output from the image capture device. 12. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises analyzing said one or more reference images based on predefined criteria in comparison to said main image. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises, based on said analyzing, creating supplemental meta data. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises adding said supplemental meta data to said main image at a digital data storage location. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises modifying said main image using said supplemental meta data. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises rendering the modified image at a digital rendering device, display or printer, or combinations of the digital rendering device, display or printer, as output from the image capture device.
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