Patent Document ID: 9774831
Application ID: 15136166
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A 1×N array camera module comprising: a 1×N arrangement of focal planes, wherein: N is greater than or equal to 2; each focal plane comprises a plurality of rows of pixels that also form a plurality of columns of pixels; each focal plane does not include pixels from another focal plane; and the 1×N arrangement of focal planes includes a first sub-array of focal planes and a second sub-array of focal planes, each of the first and second sub-arrays of focal planes comprising a 1×X arrangement of focal planes, wherein X is greater than or equal to 1 and the focal planes of the first sub-array of focal planes are independent of the focal planes of the second sub-array of focal planes; and a 1×N arrangement of lens stacks, the 1×N arrangement of lens stacks being disposed relative to the 1×N arrangement of focal planes so as to form a 1×N arrangement of cameras, each of which being configured to independently capture an image of a scene, wherein: each lens stack has a field of view that is shifted with respect to the field-of-views of each other lens stack so that each shift includes a sub-pixel shifted view of the scene; and the 1×N arrangement of lens stacks includes a first sub-array of lens stacks and a second sub-array of lens stacks; and wherein the first sub-array of focal planes and the first sub-array of lens stacks form a first sub-array module, and the second sub-array of focal planes and the second sub-array of lens stacks form a second sub-array module, the first sub-array module comprising image data output circuitry and the second sub-array module comprising image data input circuitry, such that the image data output circuitry is capable of transmitting image data from the first sub-array module to the second sub-array module via the image data input circuitry.