Patent Document ID: 20160344915
Application ID: 15231634
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A multi-lens camera system, comprising: one or more image sensors, collectively comprising a plurality of image sensor regions; a plurality of lenses coupled to the one or more image sensors, wherein: each lens of the plurality of lenses is adapted to capture light from a scene and direct the light onto at least one of the plurality of image sensor regions in order to form a respective initial image, collectively forming a plurality of initial images, each of the plurality of initial images comprises a plurality of pixels, and each pixel comprises luminance information; a controller coupled to the one or more image sensors and adapted to execute instructions to cause the controller to: compare the luminance information for one or more pixels in a first one of the plurality of initial images to the luminance information for a corresponding one or more pixels in a second one or more of the plurality of initial images; select for use, for each of the one or more pixels, luminance information from either the first initial image or one of the second one or more initial images, wherein the selection of which initial image to use luminance information from is based, at least in part, on the comparing; and generate a combined luminance image using the selected luminance information for the one or more pixels.