Patent Document ID: 9049391
Application ID: 14475466
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A camera array, comprising: a plurality of cameras configured to capture images of a scene, where each camera comprises: optics comprising at least one lens element and at least one aperture; a sensor comprising a two dimensional array of pixels and control circuitry for controlling imaging parameters; and a near-IR light source configured to illuminate the scene during image capture; a controller configured to control operation parameters of the plurality of cameras; and an image processing pipeline module; wherein the plurality of cameras includes multiple cameras configured to capture near-IR images; wherein the plurality of cameras includes at least one camera configured to capture a visible light image; wherein the image processing pipeline module is configured to generate a depth map using near-IR images captured by the multiple cameras configured to capture near-IR images by: detecting parallax-induced changes that are consistent across the captured images taking into account the position of the cameras that captured the images; and ignoring pixels in the captured images that are in an exposed occlusion set.