Imaging device and image sensing method

    公开(公告)号:US11503192B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16918616

    申请日:2020-07-01

    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including a sensing array including a plurality of sensing elements, an imaging lens array including a plurality of imaging optical lenses, each of the plurality of imaging optical lenses having a non-circular cross-section perpendicular to an optical axis, and configured to transmit light received from an outside of the imaging device, and a condensing lens array including a plurality of condensing lenses disposed between the imaging lens array and the sensing array, and configured to transmit the light passing through the imaging lens array to the sensing elements, wherein a number of the plurality of imaging optical lenses is less than a number of the plurality of condensing lenses.

    Zoomable image sensor and image sensing method

    公开(公告)号:US11184546B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    申请号:US16775965

    申请日:2020-01-29

    Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of lens elements, each lens element of the plurality of lens elements including a plurality of scatterers arranged to concentrate light incident on the image sensor; and a sensing element configured to sense light passing through the plurality of lens elements, wherein one lens element of the plurality of lens elements has a first focal length that is different from a second focal length of another lens element of the plurality of lens elements and is separated from the sensing element by the first focal length.

    Method and apparatus for restoring image

    公开(公告)号:US10902557B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US16197591

    申请日:2018-11-21

    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for restoring an image, the apparatus including a plurality of lenses configured to pass a plurality of rays, a sensor including a target sensing element configured to receive a target ray passing a first lens among the plurality of lenses, and a second sensing element configured to receive a second ray passing a second lens among the plurality of lenses, the first lens being different from the second lens, and a processor configured to determine the second sensing element based on a difference between a direction of the target ray and a direction of the second ray, and to restore color information corresponding to the target sensing element based on color information detected by the second sensing element.

    Method and apparatus for processing image

    公开(公告)号:US10304211B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15487687

    申请日:2017-04-14

    Abstract: A method of processing an image includes obtaining a position of a viewpoint corresponding to the image, selecting, based on the position, two reference rays closest to a ray included in the image from among a plurality of reference rays included in reference images photographed in advance from different reference viewpoints; determining whether a difference between color values of the selected reference rays is less than or equal to a threshold; and determining a color value of the ray based on the color values of the selected reference rays in response to the difference between the color values of the selected reference rays being determined to be less than or equal to the threshold.

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