Patent ID: 9118879
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera array system, comprising: an image sensor device including a plurality of pixel sensors; a hybrid color filter array disposed above the image sensor device, the hybrid color filter array including plural kinds of monochromatic color filters and at least one mosaic filter; and a lens array disposed above the hybrid color filter array, the lens array including a plurality of optic lenses; wherein the at least one mosaic filter is utilized to perform stereo matching in order to estimate depth information; wherein the hybrid color filter array comprises a mosaic filter, a red filter, a green filter and a blue filter arranged in a 2×2 array, the mosaic filter including a Bayer filter, RGB filter, RGBE filter, CYYM filter, CYGM filter, RGBW Bayer filter or RGBW filter.