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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicants:
Himax Technologies Limited, Tainan, TW;
Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;
Inventors:
Yi-Nung Liu, Tainan, TW;
Chih-Tsung Shen, Tainan, TW;
Po-Yen Su, Tainan, TW;
Huan-Pin Tseng, Tainan, TW;
Assignees:
Himax Technologies Limited, Tainan, TW;
Himax Imaging Limited, Tainan, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 9/07 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/646 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 9/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera array system includes an image sensor device, a hybrid color filter array disposed above the image sensor device, and a lens array disposed above the hybrid color filter array. The hybrid color filter array includes plural kinds of monochromatic color filters and at least one mosaic filter; and the lens array includes a number of optic lenses. The at least one mosaic filter is utilized to perform stereo matching in order to estimate depth information.