Patent Document ID: 20140267762
Application ID: 14145734
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of generating a high resolution image of a scene using an imager array including a plurality of imagers that each capture an image of the scene, and a forward imaging transformation for each imager, the method comprising: obtaining input images captured by a plurality of imagers, where a first set of input images includes image information captured in a first band of visible wavelengths and a second set of input images includes image information captured in a second band of visible wavelengths and non-visible wavelengths; determining an initial estimate of at least a portion of a high resolution image using a processor configured by software to: combine image information from the first set of input images into a first fused image; combine image information from the second set of input images into a second fused image; spatially register the first fused image and the second fused image; denoise the first fused image using a first bilateral filter; denoise the second fused image using a second bilateral filter; normalize the second fused image in the photometric reference space of the first fused image; and combine the first fused image and the second fused image into an initial estimate of at least a portion of the high resolution image; determining a high resolution image that when mapped through the forward imaging transformation matches the input images to within at least one predetermined criterion using the initial estimate of at least a portion of the high resolution image using the processor configured by software; wherein each forward imaging transformation corresponds to the manner in which each imager in the imaging array generated the input images; and wherein the high resolution image has a resolution that is greater than any of the input images.