Patent Document ID: 9210392
Application ID: 13875248
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An array camera module, comprising: an M×N imager array comprising a plurality of focal planes, each focal plane comprising an array of light sensitive pixels; an M×N optic array of lens stacks, where each lens stack corresponds to a focal plane, and where each lens stack forms an image of a scene on its corresponding focal plane; wherein each pairing of a lens stack and its corresponding focal plane thereby defines a camera; wherein at least one row in the M×N array of cameras comprises at least one red color camera, at least one green color camera, and at least one blue color camera; and wherein at least one column in the M×N array of cameras comprises at least one red color camera, at least one green color camera, and at least one blue color camera; wherein a red color camera is a camera that is configured to image only that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding with red light; wherein a green color camera is a camera that is configured to image only that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding with green light; and wherein a blue color camera is a camera that is configured to image only that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum corresponding with blue light.