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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2012
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Iain Richard Tyrone McClatchie, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/217 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01);
Abstract

A high-resolution image device that is used to receive images in a variable depth of field environment may include a color image sensor, a panchromatic image sensor, and a measuring device. The color image sensor may be configured to receive a color image of an object. Similarly, a synchronous panchromatic image may be received by the panchromatic image sensor. The image device may be configured to replace a luminance component from the original color image with a luminance component from the panchromatic image. The measuring device may be configured to measure a distance between the image sensors and the object, such that the image device may be configured to use the distance to account for the effect of parallax.


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