Patent number: 11825201
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of using an image sensor comprising N sensing areas for capturing images of a scene, the N sensing areas being physically separate from each other, the method comprising: for i=1, . . . , P, and j=1, . . . , Q(i), positioning the image sensor at a location (i,j) and capturing a partial image (i,j) of the scene using the image sensor while the image sensor is at the location (i,j), thereby capturing in total R partial images, wherein R is the sum of Q(i), i=1, . . . , P, wherein P>1, wherein Q(i), i=1, . . . , P are positive integers and are not all 1, wherein for i=1, . . . , P, a location group (i) comprises the locations (i,j), j=1, . . . , Q(i), and wherein a minimum distance between 2 locations of 2 different location groups is substantially larger than a maximum distance between two locations of a same location group; and determining a combined image of the scene based on the R partial images.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 7, 2022
Date of Patent:
November 21, 2023
Assignee:
SHENZHEN XPECTVISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Peiyan Cao, Yurun Liu
Publication number: 20230281754
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method, comprising (A) shining a scene with radiation pulses (i), i=1, . . . , M, one pulse at a time, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; (B) for i=1, . . . , M, during the radiation pulse (i) and utilizing radiation of the radiation pulse (i), capturing, one by one, partial images (i,j), j=1, . . . , Ni of the scene with a same image sensor, wherein Ni, i=1, . . . , M are all integers greater than 1; (C) for i=1, . . . , M, generating an enhanced partial image (i) from the partial images (i,j), j=1, . . . , Ni by applying one or more super resolution algorithms to the partial images (i,j), j=1, . . . , Ni; and (D) stitching the enhanced partial images (i), i=1, . . . , M resulting in a stitched image of the scene.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 11, 2023
Publication date:
September 7, 2023
Inventors:
Yurun LIU, Peiyan CAO