Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images.

A system including a computing device, including at least one processor, communicatively coupled to a digital detector array (DDA) including a plurality of functioning pixels and one or more defective pixels. The processor is configured to receive first data characterizing defective pixels and their positions, and receive second data characterizing a first inspection image of an object, wherein the first inspection image includes dark regions aligned with the defective pixels. The processor is also configured to determine a shift setting based on the first data and/or the second data. The shift setting includes a measure of physical adjustment to be applied to the DDA or the object. The processor is also configured to provide the shift setting to a positioning device configured to shift the DDA and/or the object, receive third data characterizing a second inspection image, and apply at least a portion of the second inspection image to the first inspection image.

A camera module, an imaging method, and an electronic device are provided. The camera module includes: a lens, a lens fixing assembly, a circuit board, an image sensor, and a driving assembly. The fixing assembly is provided with a mounting groove, and the lens is mounted in the mounting groove. The lens, the lens fixing assembly, and the circuit board are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity, the image sensor is arranged in the accommodating cavity and is arranged opposite to the lens, and the image sensor is electrically connected to the circuit board. The driving assembly is located between the image sensor and the circuit board, and the driving assembly is configured to drive the image sensor to move along a first straight line and a second straight line on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens.

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.

A camera module includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of image frames having a spatial phase difference therebetween, an image generation unit configured to generate image data having a resolution higher than a resolution of each of the plurality of image frames using the plurality of image frames, and a depth information extraction unit configured to extract depth information about an object using the image data.

In an embodiment, a method (100) is described. The method includes accessing (102) data from a sequence of images of a subject illuminated with ambient light and illumination having a sinusoidal intensity modulation in time. An imaging device is used to obtain the sequence of images and is configured such that a different spatial intensity modulation pattern is apparent in consecutive images of the sequence. The method further includes determining (104), based on a set of measured pixel intensity values in each of the sequence of images, a set of revised pixel intensity values for generating a revised image of the subject such that a reduced level of ambient lighting is apparent in the revised image compared with the level of ambient lighting apparent in at least one of the sequence of images.

In an embodiment, a method (100) is described. The method includes accessing (102) data from a sequence of images of a subject illuminated with ambient light and illumination having a sinusoidal intensity modulation in time. An imaging device is used to obtain the sequence of images and is configured such that a different spatial intensity modulation pattern is apparent in consecutive images of the sequence. The method further includes determining (104), based on a set of measured pixel intensity values in each of the sequence of images, a set of revised pixel intensity values for generating a revised image of the subject such that a reduced level of ambient lighting is apparent in the revised image compared with the level of ambient lighting apparent in at least one of the sequence of images.

An electronic device and a camera apparatus are provided. The camera apparatus includes a lens, a driving member, and a photosensitive chip. The photosensitive chip is a Bayer array sensor. The photosensitive chip includes a plurality of pixel regions arranged in rows and columns, and each pixel region includes four pixel sub-regions. The photosensitive chip is connected to the driving member, and the driving member is configured to drive the lens to move between a first position and a second position relative to the lens. When the photosensitive chip is in the first position, light incident from the lens forms a first image in a first pixel sub-region of the photosensitive chip. When the photosensitive chip is in the second position, light incident from the lens forms a second image in a second pixel sub-region of the photosensitive chip.

A camera module includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of image frames having a spatial phase difference therebetween, an image generation unit configured to generate image data having a resolution higher than a resolution of each of the plurality of image frames using the plurality of image frames, and a depth information extraction unit configured to extract depth information about an object using the image data.

An image sensor operating in multiple resolution modes including a low resolution mode and a high resolution mode includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel in the plurality of pixels comprises a micro-lens, a first subpixel including a first photodiode, a second subpixel including a second photodiode, and the first subpixel and the second subpixel are adjacently disposed and share a floating diffusion region. The image sensor also includes a row driver providing control signals to the pixel array to control performing of an auto focus (AF) function, such that performing the AF function includes performing the AF function according to pixel units in the high resolution mode and performing the AF function according to pixel group units in the low resolution mode. A resolution corresponding to the low resolution mode is equal to or less than ¼ times a resolution corresponding to the high resolution mode.