Device for imaging partial fields of view, multi-aperture imaging device and method of providing same

US11457152B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Frank Wippermann · Meiningen, DE
• Andreas Brückner · Jena, DE
• Jacques Duparre · Jena, DE
• Alexander Oberdörster · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2019
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N13/271
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device includes an image sensor and an array of optical channels, each optical channel including an optic for projecting a partial field of view of a total field of view onto an image sensor area of the image sensor. A first optical channel of the array is configured to image a first partial field of view of the total field of view. A second optical channel of the array is configured to image a second partial field of view of the total field of view. The device includes a calculating unit configured to obtain image information of the first and second partial fields of view on the basis of the imaged partial fields of view, and to obtain image information of the total field of view, and to combine the image information of the partial fields of view with the image information of the total field of view so as to generate combined image information of the total field of view.