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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Omnivision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yongshen Ni, San Jose, CA (US);
Guansong Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/40 (2017.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 9/09 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/09 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 13/0239 (2013.01); H04N 13/0242 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 13/0246 (2013.01); H04N 13/0257 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing a plurality of images of a scene recorded from different vantage points, where the plurality of images includes a color reference image captured by a Bayer type camera and at least one additional image, the method including (a) registering at least a portion of the plurality of images, and (b) generating a unitary color image from the plurality of images, wherein color information of the unitary color image is determined exclusively from the color reference image.