Exposure timing manipulation in a multi-lens camera
US9681057B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 24, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/134
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The exposure of pixel lines in one or more image sensor regions is substantially synchronized. Each image sensor region is associated with a different lens in a multi-lens camera system. For a first pixel line in a first image sensor region and a second pixel line in a second image sensor region corresponding to the same portion of a field of view, the first pixel line and the second pixel line are sequentially or substantially simultaneously exposed. After exposing the first pixel line and the second pixel line, image information associated with the exposures is combined and output on the same readout line.
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