Patent ID: 8896725
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system including a hand-held or otherwise portable or a spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device, comprising: (a) a main optical system including one or more lenses, an aperture and a main sensor for capturing an original main image; (b) a secondary optical system including a secondary sensor that has a field of view that substantially overlaps the field of view of the main optical system and is configured for capturing one or more reference images including at least a first reference image that has temporal and spatial overlap with the original main image; (c) a processor; (d) one or more processor-readable non-transitory media having embedded programming code for the processor to perform a digital image processing method that comprises capturing, on the hand-held or otherwise portable or spatial or temporal performance-based image capture device, said original main image and one or more reference images, including said first reference image which has a temporal and spatial overlap with the original main image, on said main and secondary sensors, respectively, and the method further comprises enhancing the original main image based on analyzing the first reference image, wherein the enhancing comprises: (e) a housing coupled at least with said one or more lenses, said aperture, and said main sensor of the main optical system, and with said secondary optical system including said secondary sensor that overlaps the field of view of the main optical system.