Patent ID: 9041824
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a high resolution image of a scene using an imager array including a plurality of imagers that each capture an image of the scene, and a forward imaging transformation for each imager, the method comprising: obtaining input images captured by a plurality of imagers using a processor configured by image processing pipeline software; determining an initial estimate of at least a portion of a high resolution image from a plurality of pixels from the input images using the processor configured by the image processing pipeline software; determining a high resolution image that when mapped through a forward imaging transformation matches the input images to within at least one predetermined criterion using the processor configured using the image processing pipeline software based upon the initial estimate of at least a portion of the high resolution image, where: generating a depth map for the high resolution image using a processor configured by image processing pipeline software; determining a focus map for the high resolution image using the depth map using a processor configured by image processing pipeline software; and performing dynamic refocus of the high-resolution image using a processor configured by image processing pipeline software by rendering the high resolution image using the focus map.