Patent ID: 8305485

Claim:
A method of using an image capture device to identify range information for objects in a scene, comprising: a) providing an image capture device having at least one image sensor, a coded aperture, a first optical path including the coded aperture and a second optical path not including the coded aperture; b) storing in a memory a set of blur parameters derived from range calibration data for the coded aperture; c) capturing a first and second image of the scene having a plurality of objects, corresponding to the first and second optical paths, respectively, the second image having equal or higher resolution than the first; d) providing a set of deblurred images using the first capture image and each of the blur parameters from the stored set; e) using the set of deblurred images to determine the range information for the objects in the scene captured by the first optical path; and f) using the range information to control the image capture device or processing of the higher resolution second image.