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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Applicants:
Lingfei Meng, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kathrin Berkner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lingfei Meng, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kathrin Berkner, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ricoh Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 9/097 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); G06T 3/4053 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 9/097 (2013.01); H04N 13/0282 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10052 (2013.01);
Abstract
Color plenoptic images captured by a spectrally-coded plenoptic imaging system are combined with higher resolution higher resolution images captured by a conventional imaging system, resulting in color images with higher resolution than those captured by the plenoptic imaging system alone.