Patent Document ID: 9444991
Application ID: 14540922
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. In a light-field image capture device having a sensor and a plurality of microlenses, a method for reconstructing a light-field image, the method comprising: in a processor, receiving the light-field image and a depth map containing a first sample depth range for a first sample of the light-field image and a second sample depth range for a second sample of the light-field image; in the processor, generating a first layer image comprising the first sample and a second layer image comprising the second sample; in the processor, processing the first and second layer images by: applying a first image processing algorithm to the first layer image to generate a first processed layer image; and applying a second image processing algorithm to the second layer image to generate a second processed layer image; in the processor, combining the first processed layer image with the second processed layer image to generate a processed light-field image; and on a display device, displaying the processed light-field image; wherein generating the first layer image and the second layer image comprises: based on one or more processing parameters of the group consisting of the first image processing algorithm and the second image processing algorithm, determining a maximum depth spacing between layers; defining a first layer with a first minimum depth, a first maximum depth, and a first representative depth between the first minimum and maximum depths; and defining a second layer with a second minimum depth, a second maximum depth, and a second representative depth between the second minimum and maximum depths, wherein the second representative depth is displaced from the first representative depth by a displacement less than or equal to the maximum depth spacing.