Patent ID: 9497386
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A multi-imager video camera apparatus comprising: a plurality of imagers, each imager comprising a sensor array that is configured to capture image frames; a plurality of image flow processors, each image flow processor being configured to receive and process the image frames captured from a corresponding one of said imagers; a multi-imager video processor configured to receive the processed image frames from the plurality of image flow processors; a plurality of auto exposure control circuits, each auto exposure control circuit being coupled to a corresponding imager of the plurality of imagers; wherein the auto exposure control circuit associated with only one imager is kept active while the auto exposure control circuit associated with each remaining imager other than said one imager is deactivated; and a statistics circuit configured to determine a n auto exposure level based on the captured image frames from the said one imager wherein the multi-image video processor is further configured to clone said auto exposure level and to transmit said auto exposure level to a plurality of control blocks, each associated with the remaining imagers whose auto exposure control circuits have been deactivated to enable each control block to synchronize the auto exposure level of its associated imager with the auto exposure level determined for said one imager.