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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Yang Ho Cho, Seongnam-si, KR;
Dong Kyung Nam, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyoseok Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Young Ju Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Jingu Heo, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/229 (2018.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/106 (2018.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/229 (2018.05); G02B 13/0085 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 13/106 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.