Sony Corporation

Manfred Manz

Markus Kamm

Muhammad Siddiqui

Waqas Malik

Zoltan Facius

Marco Hering

Malik Waqas

A lens and color filter assembly contains lens units, and each lens unit is assigned to a single-color color filter unit. The lens and color filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique comprising shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image only few artifacts appear. Simple color filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.

Lens and color filter arrangement, super-resolution camera system and method

A camera system includes lens units such that each lens unit is assigned to a single-color color filter unit. The lens and color filter assembly may be combined with pixel units such that a plurality of monochromatic, low-resolution images can be obtained, and the monochromatic images refer to shifted versions of the same image object. By a super-resolution technique that includes shift-compensation a mosaicked image is obtained, which is then demosaiced. In the resultant image, only few artifacts appear. Simple color filter arrays allow a simplified fabrication process and provide less chromatic aberrations at less computational effort.

Laser projection device comprising an image generating unit, intermediate imaging optics configured to generate an intermediate image at an image focal plane (), an image diffusing element () and a projection lens () with an object focal plane (), wherein the image diffusing element () is arranged in the image focal plane () and in the object focal plane () and comprises a superimposed microstructure () formed of constituent parts (), which are regularly distributed within a surface plane () of the image diffusing element ().

Laser projection device having a diffuser arranged in an image focal plane and an object focal plane and method for manufacturing a laser projection device

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Ostfildern, Germany

Manfred Manz