Patent ID: 11875475
Assignee: ADEIA IMAGING LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. An array camera, comprising:
a plurality of cameras with different viewpoints;
at least one processor; and
memory containing an image processing pipeline software application;
wherein the image processing pipeline software directs the at least one processor to:
acquire a plurality of low resolution (LR) images from the different viewpoints, where the plurality of LR images capture a scene in which depths of points in the scene vary and each of the plurality of LR images differs from other LR images due to scene dependent geometric displacements due to parallax;
determine scene dependent parallax information with respect to the LR images based upon disparity relative to a reference point of view resulting from the depths of points in the captured scene; and
fuse at least portions of the LR images to form a high resolution (HR) image by:
populate a high resolution (HR) grid corresponding to pixel locations of the HR image with LR image samples from the LR images using the scene dependent parallax information;
interpolate samples at grid position of the HR grid using neighboring available samples from the LR image samples placed on the HR grid; and

instructing a display device to display the HR image.