Title:
An image pick-up and processing of a picture using a monolithic camera array which has an imaging device of a different kind
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6122184
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A method for estimating distance to an object in a scene using an imaging system (400) comprising a camera array (410) with multiple imagers (540), an image processing pipeline module (420) and a controller (440). The image processing pipeline module (420) comprises an upstream pipeline processing module (510), an image pixel correlation module (514), and a parallax confirmation and measurement module (518). Images (412), including a current image, captured by the multiple imagers (540) are provided to the upstream pipeline processing module (510) for processing. The image pixel correlation module (514) aligns portions of images, including the current image, captured by different imagers of the multiple imagers to compensate for parallax. The parallax confirmation and measurement module (518) processes the current image to detect and measure the parallax. Distance to an object in the scene is determined using the measured parallax.
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Inventors:
Ven Kataraman Curtic
Javier Mandeep S.
Maris Robert H.
Javier Mandeep S.
Maris Robert H.
Application Number:
JP2016121809A
Publication Date:
April 26, 2017
Filing Date:
June 20, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Pelican Imaging Corporation
International Classes:
H04N5/345; H01L27/14; H04N5/225; H04N5/232; H04N5/353; H04N9/07
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9181913A | ||||
| JP2006033228A |
Foreign References:
| WO2007083579A1 | ||||
| WO2007013250A1 | ||||
| WO2008050904A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masayuki Masabayashi