Digital camera using multiple image sensors to provide improved temporal sampling
US7978239B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 1, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/70
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for capturing image data from multiple image sensors and generating an output image sequence are disclosed. The multiple image sensors capture data with one or more different characteristics, such as: staggered exposure periods, different length exposure periods, different frame rates, different spatial resolution, different lens systems, and different focal lengths. The data from multiple image sensors is processed and interleaved to generate an improved output motion sequence relative to an output motion sequence generated from an a single equivalent image sensor.
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