An image acquisition apparatus may include a multispectral image sensor configured to acquire an image of at least one object in an environment in which at least one illumination source exists, through eight or more channels with minimum overlap between the channels, and a processor configured to estimate illumination spectral data of the acquired image by using channel signals corresponding to the eight or more channels, and perform lens shading correction on the acquired image, based on the estimated illumination spectral data.

An optical imaging system comprises optical imaging sensor(s) for providing imaging sensor data of an object to be imaged. The optical imaging system comprises a diode-based illumination system for emitting a first unit of light beam(s) having a first polarization and a second unit of light beam(s) having a second polarization towards the object. The optical imaging system comprises a processing system to generate a digital image representation of the object, comprising controlling a contribution of the at least two units of light beams in a digital image representation of the object, by at least one of a) controlling, separately for each of the at least two units, the light emitted by the unit, and b) controlling, separately for each of the at least two polarizations emitted by the at least two units, a contribution of the light having the respective polarization in the digital image representation of the object.

An optical imaging system comprises optical imaging sensor(s) for providing imaging sensor data of an object to be imaged. The optical imaging system comprises a diode-based illumination system for emitting a first unit of light beam(s) having a first polarization and a second unit of light beam(s) having a second polarization towards the object. The optical imaging system comprises a processing system to generate a digital image representation of the object, comprising controlling a contribution of the at least two units of light beams in a digital image representation of the object, by at least one of a) controlling, separately for each of the at least two units, the light emitted by the unit, and b) controlling, separately for each of the at least two polarizations emitted by the at least two units, a contribution of the light having the respective polarization in the digital image representation of the object.

A device for capturing an image of an object of medical interest in remitted or reflected illumination light and for capturing an image of the object in fluorescent light generated by Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and for capturing an image in fluorescent light generated OTL38 and/or indocyanine green (ICG). The device includes an image sensor for detecting blue, green and red light, another image sensor for detecting fluorescent light of Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and OTL38 and/or ICG, a beam splitter guiding light having a wavelength smaller than a predetermined cutoff wavelength to the first sensor and guiding light having a wavelength greater than the predetermined cutoff wavelength to the second sensor, and filters upstream of the second sensor for partially, substantially or completely suppressing light having a wavelength exciting Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and for partially, substantially or completely suppressing light having a wavelength suitable for exciting fluorescence of OTL38 and/or ICG.

A device for capturing an image of an object of medical interest in remitted or reflected illumination light and for capturing an image of the object in fluorescent light generated by Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and for capturing an image in fluorescent light generated OTL38 and/or indocyanine green (ICG). The device includes an image sensor for detecting blue, green and red light, another image sensor for detecting fluorescent light of Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and OTL38 and/or ICG, a beam splitter guiding light having a wavelength smaller than a predetermined cutoff wavelength to the first sensor and guiding light having a wavelength greater than the predetermined cutoff wavelength to the second sensor, and filters upstream of the second sensor for partially, substantially or completely suppressing light having a wavelength exciting Cy5.5 and/or SGM-101 and for partially, substantially or completely suppressing light having a wavelength suitable for exciting fluorescence of OTL38 and/or ICG.

Disclosed is a joint imaging system based on unmanned aerial vehicle platform and an image enhancement fusion method, which are used for realizing thermal infrared oblique photogrammetry and real-time fusion of thermal infrared images and visible light images. The system includes a flying unit as a load platform, a shutter control system for controlling the operation of a load camera, a posture control system for recording the movement track and POS data of the flying unit, an airborne image transmission system for communicating with ground equipment, and an onboard computing unit with an image processing module for receiving the output images and performing image processing and fusion, so as to quickly collect thermal infrared images and visible light images, and improve the recognition capability of feature points in the process of thermal infrared oblique photogrammetry, and ensure the success rate and accuracy of building the three-dimensional temperature field model.

Disclosed is a joint imaging system based on unmanned aerial vehicle platform and an image enhancement fusion method, which are used for realizing thermal infrared oblique photogrammetry and real-time fusion of thermal infrared images and visible light images. The system includes a flying unit as a load platform, a shutter control system for controlling the operation of a load camera, a posture control system for recording the movement track and POS data of the flying unit, an airborne image transmission system for communicating with ground equipment, and an onboard computing unit with an image processing module for receiving the output images and performing image processing and fusion, so as to quickly collect thermal infrared images and visible light images, and improve the recognition capability of feature points in the process of thermal infrared oblique photogrammetry, and ensure the success rate and accuracy of building the three-dimensional temperature field model.

An apparatus, system, and method for an imaging system that compensates for chromatic aberration. The imaging system may include a metalens that provides image light to a camera module. The camera module may include an optical splitter and a number of image sensors. The optical splitter separates the image light into a number of color components. The optical splitter directs the number of color components to individual image sensors. Processing logic may adjust image data for each of the color components to compensate for chromatic aberration. Processing logic may form a single chromatic aberration corrected image by recombining the adjusted image data from each of the color components.

An apparatus, system, and method for an imaging system that compensates for chromatic aberration. The imaging system may include a metalens that provides image light to a camera module. The camera module may include an optical splitter and a number of image sensors. The optical splitter separates the image light into a number of color components. The optical splitter directs the number of color components to individual image sensors. Processing logic may adjust image data for each of the color components to compensate for chromatic aberration. Processing logic may form a single chromatic aberration corrected image by recombining the adjusted image data from each of the color components.

An image capture device includes a plurality of independently formed camera channels. Each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels includes a respective sensor, wherein the respective sensor includes circuitry that controls an integration time of the respective sensor, and a respective lens that receives incident light and transmits the incident light to the respective sensor without transmitting the incident light to respective sensor of other camera channels within the plurality of independently formed camera channels. Further, a processor that is communicatively coupled to the respective sensor of each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels. The processor is configured to receive respective images from the respective sensor of each of the plurality of independently formed camera channels, and form a combined image by combing each of the respective images.