Patent ID: 9554107
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of recording a composite image using a lens array comprising a plurality of monochromatic lenses, each of which provides imaging data in shades of a single color, the method comprising: recording a first composite image using a first lens that provides imaging data in a first color, a second lens that provides imaging data in a second color, and a third lens that provides imaging data in a third color, wherein the first, second, and third colors are different colors; recording a second composite image using the first lens, a fourth lens that provides imaging data in the second color, and a fifth lens that provides imaging data in the third color; identifying color fringed areas in the first and second composite images; and based on the relative size and location of the color fringed areas in the first and second composite images, applying a de-fringing algorithm to at least one of the composite images to mitigate the color fringing in the color fringed areas; wherein the second and fourth lens are situated on opposite sides of the first lens; and wherein the third and fifth lens are also situated on opposite sides of the first lens.