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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Malik Waqas, Stuttgart, DE;
Muhammad Siddiqui, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Malik Waqas, Stuttgart, DE;
Muhammad Siddiqui, Esslingen, DE;
Assignee:
SONY Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2011.01); H04N 13/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/161 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A camera system () comprises a plurality of imaging units (), wherein each imaging unit () includes a lens unit () and an aperture unit (), and wherein the apertures () of the aperture units () have different size during an exposure period. A plurality of images of the same scene are captured at different aperture sizes during an exposure period, wherein the images are shifted versions of the scene and feature different depth-of-field and exposure value ranges. A processing unit () applies a high-dynamic resolution and/or a super-resolution method on the basis of the obtained images.