A device including an array of pixels and a filter wheel may capture a plurality of images by exposing the array of pixels. The device may spin, while capturing the plurality of images, the filter wheel, and the filter wheel may include filter segments. In some implementations, a portion of the filter wheel in front of the array of pixels includes two or more filter segments.

A capsule endoscope device, system and method for dynamically adjusting a color illumination spectrum. A plurality of different color groups of LEDs may emit light, recorded by an image sensor, corresponding to a plurality of different respective wavelength subranges. A driving circuit may send a driving current to independently activate each different color group of LEDs during entirely or partially non-overlapping time pulses. A single color group of LEDs is independently activated at any one time, and the plurality of different color groups of LEDs are sequentially activated in successive time pulses to simulate a white light or multi-color illumination spectrum over a plurality of the time pulses. The activation pattern of the color groups of LEDs may be dynamically adjusted, in real-time, to achieve a flexible and customizable illumination spectrum ideal for imaging a variety of different environments e.g., in the GI tract.

Super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm, an excitation wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that causes a reagent to fluoresce, or a laser mapping pattern.

Introduced here are multi-channel light sources able to produce a broad range of electromagnetic radiation. A multi-channel light source (also referred to as a “multi-channel emitter”) can be designed to produce visible light and/or non-visible light. For example, some embodiments of the multi-channel light source include illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation within the visible range and illuminant(s) capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation in a non-visible range, such as the ultraviolet range or infrared range. By capturing images in conjunction with the visible and non-visible light, additional information on the ambient scene can be gleaned which may be useful, for example, during post-processing.

The present invention relates to a method of acquiring image data by attaching a color wheel filter and a motor to electro-optical equipment equipped with a Bayer pattern-based CCD, and then improving a frame rate of the electro-optical equipment by 3 times without resolution loss through post-processing using a color channel extrapolation algorithm.

Apparatuses, systems and methods for generating color video with a monochrome sensor include the acts of (i) selectively energizing each of a plurality of light sources in a sequence, (ii) capturing a monochrome image of the illuminated sample at a monochrome sensor at each stage of the sequence, and (iii) generating a color video from the monochrome images. The sequence can have a series of stages with each stage of the sequence corresponding to activation of a different wavelength of light from the light sources to illuminate a sample. Generating the monochrome video can include the acts of compiling a plurality of monochrome images captured at the monochrome sensor with a single light source into a series of monochrome video frames comprising the monochrome video.

A device including an array of pixels and a filter wheel may capture a plurality of images by exposing the array of pixels. The device may spin, while capturing the plurality of images, the filter wheel, and the filter wheel may include filter segments. In some implementations, a portion of the filter wheel in front of the array of pixels includes two or more filter segments.

Super resolution and color motion artifact correction in a pulsed hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging system. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor. The method includes detecting motion across two or more sequential exposure frames, compensating for the detected motion, and combining the two or more sequential exposure frames to generate an image frame. The method is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm, an excitation wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that causes a reagent to fluoresce, or a laser mapping pattern.

Controlling integral energy of a light pulse in a fluorescence imaging system is disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes an electromagnetic sensor for sensing energy emitted by the emitter. The system includes a controller configured to synchronize timing of the emitter and the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.

An image processing method, a camera assembly, and a mobile terminal. The image processing method includes: obtaining a full-size image in a first operation mode; obtaining a first YUV image by processing the full-size image with an image processing pipeline; obtaining a color image and a panchromatic image in a second operation mode; and obtaining a second YUV image by processing the color image and the panchromatic image with the image processing pipeline.