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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Gustaf Pettersson, Lund, SE;
Johan Windmark, Lund, SE;
Jens Månsson, Malmö, SE;
Radu Bilcu, Tampere, FI;
Jörg Linke, Ylöjärvi, FI;
Pasi Syvänen, Pirkkala, FI;
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/332 (2013.01); G02B 5/208 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/3537 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for capturing two different types of light simultaneously is described. A filter array is used for filtering light arriving at an image sensor. The filter array comprises per pixel filters arranged in rows, so if a row comprises filters, they are all of the same type. Different exposure settings may be used for rows having different filter configurations.