Capturing and processing of high dynamic range images using camera arrays
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-005/232
H01L-027/146
H04N-005/369
H04N-009/04
H04N-013/02
G06T-003/40
G06T-007/00
H04N-005/228
H04N-005/33
H04N-005/225
H04N-005/262
H04N-005/265
H04N-005/357
H04N-005/353
H04N-005/355
H04N-003/14
H04N-001/195
H04N-013/00
출원번호
US-0475477
(2014-09-02)
등록번호
US-9041829
(2015-05-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Venkataraman, Kartik
Jabbi, Amandeep S.
Mullis, Robert H.
출원인 / 주소
Pelican Imaging Corporation
대리인 / 주소
KPPB LLP
인용정보
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초록▼
A camera array, an imaging device and/or a method for capturing image that employ a plurality of imagers fabricated on a substrate is provided. Each imager includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager havin
A camera array, an imaging device and/or a method for capturing image that employ a plurality of imagers fabricated on a substrate is provided. Each imager includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. Each imager may be associated with an optical element fabricated using a wafer level optics (WLO) technology.
대표청구항▼
1. A camera array, comprising: a plurality of cameras configured to capture images of a scene from different viewpoints, where each camera comprises: optics comprising at least one lens element and at least one aperture; anda sensor comprising a two dimensional array of pixels and control circuitry
1. A camera array, comprising: a plurality of cameras configured to capture images of a scene from different viewpoints, where each camera comprises: optics comprising at least one lens element and at least one aperture; anda sensor comprising a two dimensional array of pixels and control circuitry for controlling imaging parameters; andat least one spectral filter located within the camera, where each spectral filter is configured to pass a specific spectral band of light;a controller configured to control operation parameters of the plurality of cameras; andan image processing pipeline module;wherein the controller configures the plurality of cameras so that cameras having the same filter type operate at different exposures simultaneously; andwherein the image processing pipeline module is configured to process images captured by the plurality of cameras to generate a high dynamic range image by: linearizing the camera response in images captured by cameras having the same filter type and different exposures based upon the exposure of the camera that captured the image;measuring parallax using images captured by the plurality of cameras;registering images captured by the plurality of cameras to account for the difference in the viewpoints of the cameras using measured parallax; andcombining linearized images registered to account for differences in the viewpoints of the plurality of cameras using measured parallax to obtain a high dynamic range image. 2. The camera array of claim 1, wherein each camera includes a filter selected from the group consisting of a Bayer filter, one or more Blue filters, one or more Green filters, one or more Red filters, one or more shifted spectral filters, one or more near-IR filters, and one or more hyper-spectral filters. 3. The camera array of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cameras comprises a central camera and forms: at least one row of cameras above the central camera;at least one row of cameras below the central camera;at least one column of cameras to the left of the central camera; andat least one column of cameras to the right of the central camera;wherein cameras having the same filter type and exposure are located in locations selected from the group consisting of: locations including at least one row in the camera array above the central camera and at least one row in the camera array below the central camera; andlocations including at least one column in the camera array to the left of the central camera and at least one column in the camera array to the right of the central camera. 4. The camera array of claim 3, wherein the camera array comprises a 3×3 array of cameras. 5. The camera array of claim 3, wherein the camera array comprises a 4×4 array of cameras. 6. The camera array of claim 3, wherein the camera array comprises a 5×5 array of cameras. 7. The camera array of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cameras forms a linear array of cameras. 8. The camera array of claim 7, wherein the linear array of cameras comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of: a 1×4 array of cameras; and a 1×10 array of cameras. 9. The camera array of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry of the different types of cameras configures the cameras that operate at different exposures to operate with at least one difference in operating parameters. 10. The camera array of claim 9, wherein the at least one difference in operating parameters includes at least one imaging parameter selected from the group consisting of exposure, and gain. 11. The camera array of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cameras comprises a distribution of cameras selected from the group consisting of: a symmetric distribution of cameras of different types; and an irregular distribution of cameras of different types. 12. The camera array of claim 1, wherein the camera array is a monolithic camera array assembly comprising: a lens element array forming the optics of each camera; anda single semiconductor substrate on which all of the pixels and control circuitry for each camera are formed. 13. The camera array of claim 1, wherein the plurality of cameras are formed on separate semiconductor substrates. 14. The camera array of claim 1, wherein images captured by the plurality of cameras include different occlusions sets, where the occlusion set of a first camera is the portion of a scene visible to a second camera in the plurality of cameras that is occluded from the view of the first camera; andwherein the image processing pipeline module comprises a parallax confirmation and measurement module configured to measure parallax using images captured by the plurality of cameras by: detecting parallax-induced changes that are consistent across the captured images taking into account the position of the cameras that captured the images and the different exposures; andignoring pixels in the images captured by the plurality of cameras that are in the occlusion set of the central camera. 15. The camera array of claim 14, wherein the parallax confirmation and measurement module is further configured to estimate distance to an object in images captured by the plurality of cameras. 16. The camera array of claim 14, wherein the parallax confirmation and measurement module is further configured to generate a depth map using images captured by the plurality of cameras. 17. The camera array of claim 14, wherein the image processing pipeline module further comprises a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution image using images captured by the plurality of cameras and parallax measurements from the parallax confirmation and measurement module to compensate for parallax in the captured images. 18. The camera array of claim 17, wherein the parallax information includes a depth map. 19. A camera array, comprising: a monolithic integrated module forming an array of cameras, where the monolithic integrated module comprises: a lens element array forming the optics of each of the plurality of cameras, where the optics of each camera comprises at least one lens element and at least one aperture; anda single semiconductor substrate on which all of the pixels and control circuitry for each camera are formed;a controller configured to control operation parameters of the plurality of cameras; andan image processing pipeline module;wherein the controller configures the plurality of cameras so that cameras having the same filter type operate at different exposures simultaneously; andwherein the image processing pipeline module is configured to process images captured using the cameras to generate a high dynamic range image by: linearizing the camera response in images captured by cameras having the same filter type and different exposures based upon the exposure of the camera that captured the image;measuring parallax using images captured by the plurality of cameras;registering images captured by the plurality of cameras to account for the difference in the viewpoints of the cameras using measured parallax; andcombining linearized images registered to account for differences in the viewpoints of the plurality of cameras using measured parallax to obtain a high dynamic range image:wherein images captured by the plurality of cameras include different occlusions sets, where the occlusion set of a first camera is the portion of a scene visible to a second camera in the plurality of cameras that is occluded from the view of the first camera; andwherein the image processing pipeline module comprises a parallax confirmation and measurement module configured to measure parallax using images captured by the plurality of cameras by: detecting parallax-induced changes that are consistent across the captured images taking into account the position of the cameras that captured the images and the different exposures; andignoring pixels in the images captured by the plurality of cameras that are in the occlusion set of the central camera. 20. A camera array, comprising: a plurality of cameras formed on separate semiconductor substrates and mounted to a motherboard, where each camera comprises: optics comprising at least one lens element and at least one aperture; anda sensor comprising a two dimensional array of pixels and control circuitry for controlling imaging parameters;a controller configured to control operation parameters of the plurality of cameras; andan image processing pipeline module;wherein the controller configures the plurality of cameras so that cameras having the same filter type operate at different exposures simultaneously; andwherein the image processing pipeline module is configured to process images captured using the plurality of cameras to generate a high dynamic range image by: linearizing the camera response in images captured by cameras having the same filter type and different exposures based upon the exposure of the camera that captured the image;measuring parallax using images captured by the plurality of cameras; andregistering images captured by the plurality of cameras to account for the difference in the viewpoints of the cameras using measured parallax; andcombining linearized images registered to account for differences in the viewpoints of the plurality of cameras using measured parallax to obtain a high dynamic range image;wherein images captured by the plurality of cameras include different occlusions sets, where the occlusion set of a first camera is the portion of a scene visible to a second camera in the plurality of cameras that is occluded from the view of the first camera; andwherein the image processing pipeline module comprises a parallax confirmation and measurement module configured to measure parallax using images captured by the plurality of cameras by: detecting parallax-induced changes that are consistent across the captured images taking into account the position of the cameras that captured the images and the exposures; andignoring pixels in the images captured by the plurality of cameras that are in the occlusion set of the central camera. 21. The camera array of claim 20, wherein the super-resolution processing module is configured to select at least one distance as a focal plane and to apply blurring to pixels in at least one higher resolution image with depths in the depth map that are not proximate a focal plane.
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