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Lens and color filter arrangement, super-resolution camera system and method

US9137503B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Malik Waqas · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Muhammad Siddiqui · Eßlingen, DE
Markus Kamm · Karlsruhe, DE
Manfred Manz · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2011
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera system includes lens units such that each lens unit is assigned to a single-color color filter unit. The lens and color filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique that includes shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained, which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image, only few artifacts appear. Simple color filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.

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