Method and apparatus for generating depth map from monochrome microlens and imager arrays
US9207759B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10052
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating an adaptive mosaic pixel-wise virtual Bayer pattern. The method may include receiving a plurality of monochromatic images from an array of imaging elements, creating a reference ordered set at infinity from the plurality of monochromatic images, running a demosaicing process on the reference ordered set, and creating a color image from the demosaiced ordered set. One or more offset artifacts resulting from the demosaicing process may be computed at a distance other than infinity, the ordered set may be modified in accordance with the computed offsets, and a demosaiced image may be regenerated in accordance with modified ordered set. The regenerating process may be repeated for one or more of the one or more offsets.
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