Patent ID: 9578237
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An array camera, comprising: a plurality of cameras, where each camera includes separate optics, and a plurality of light sensing elements; a processor; wherein the optics of each of the plurality of cameras are formed so that each camera has a field of view that is shifted with respect to the field-of-views of the other cameras and so that each shift includes a sub-pixel shifted view of the scene; wherein the light sensing elements of a given camera in the plurality of cameras have a pixel pitch defining a camera Nyquist frequency, and where the optics of the given camera have a modular transfer function (MTF) such that the optics optically resolve contrast at spatial frequencies higher than the camera Nyquist frequency (Ny); wherein the optics of each camera in the plurality of cameras comprise a five-surface optical arrangement comprising: wherein software directs the processor to: