A system, method, and computer program product for generating a digital image is disclosed. In use, a first image and a second image are received from a first image sensor, where the first image sensor detects wavelengths of a visible spectrum. A third image and a fourth image are received from a second image sensor, where the second image sensor detects wavelengths of a non-visible spectrum. Using an image processing subsystem, a resulting image is generated by combining at least three of: the first image, the second image, the third image, or the fourth image.

A dual-aperture zoom camera comprising a Wide camera with a respective Wide lens and a Tele camera with a respective Tele lens, the Wide and Tele cameras mounted directly on a single printed circuit board, wherein the Wide and Tele lenses have respective effective focal lengths EFL.sub.W and EFL.sub.T and respective total track lengths TTL.sub.W and TTL.sub.T and wherein TTL.sub.W/EFL.sub.W>1.1 and TTL.sub.T/EFL.sub.T<1.0. Optionally, the dual-aperture zoom camera may further comprise an optical OIS controller configured to provide a compensation lens movement according to a user-defined zoom factor (ZF) and a camera tilt (CT) through LMV=CT*EFL.sub.ZF, where EFL.sub.ZF is a zoom-factor dependent effective focal length.

An image capturing apparatus comprises: a first image sensor having a plurality of pixels each counts a number of entering photons and outputs a count value as a first image signal; a second image sensor having a plurality of pixels each outputs an electric signal corresponding to a charge amount obtained by performing photoelectric conversion on entering light as a second image signal; and a generator that generates an image by selecting one of the first image signal and the second image signal.

An imaging system includes a visible light source configured to output visible light and a near infrared laser light source configured to output an excitation laser light. The system also includes a camera assembly having: a housing with an opening configured to receive a combined light, which includes visible light and infrared fluorescence light. The combined light entering the housing along a combined light path, the combined light may include visible light and infrared fluorescence light; an aperture mechanism having an adjustable opening disposed along the combined light path; a beamsplitter configured to split the combined light into the visible light along a visible light path and the infrared fluorescence light along an infrared light path; a visible light sensor configured to receive the visible light and to generate visible light image data; and an infrared sensor configured to receive the infrared fluorescence light and to generate infrared fluorescence image data.

An imaging system includes a visible light source configured to output visible light and a near infrared laser light source configured to output an excitation laser light. The system also includes a camera assembly having: a housing with an opening configured to receive a combined light, which includes visible light and infrared fluorescence light. The combined light entering the housing along a combined light path, the combined light may include visible light and infrared fluorescence light; an aperture mechanism having an adjustable opening disposed along the combined light path; a beamsplitter configured to split the combined light into the visible light along a visible light path and the infrared fluorescence light along an infrared light path; a visible light sensor configured to receive the visible light and to generate visible light image data; and an infrared sensor configured to receive the infrared fluorescence light and to generate infrared fluorescence image data.

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.

This application discloses an optical module, including a light passing hole, an optical splitter, an optical imaging apparatus, and an optical apparatus, where light entering from the light passing hole is incident on the optical splitter; the optical splitter is configured to split the incident light into two parts, one part of the light enters the optical imaging apparatus, and the other part of the light enters the optical apparatus; the optical imaging apparatus is configured to collect a first image; and the optical apparatus is configured to collect a second image, or the optical apparatus is configured to implement an optical detection function.

In an embodiment, a system comprises a first camera including a first filter having a spectral response, a first meta-optic lens, and a first sensor. The system comprises a second camera including a second filter having a spectral response different than the spectral response of the first filter, a second meta-optic lens, and a second sensor. The system also comprises a processor configured to receive a representation of a first image of a scene captured by the first camera, receive a representation of a second image of the scene captured by the second camera, and generate a representation of a superposed image of the scene based on the representation of the first image and the representation of the second image, the representation of the superposed image having an aberration lesser than an aberration of the representation of the first image and an aberration of the representation of the second image.

An optical device for capturing an image of a scene, the optical device comprising: a plurality of image sensors each operable to capture a respective initial image of the scene; a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor, each image sensor being located at a different respective distance from the lens arrangement; and an image processor operable to generate the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images.

An optical device for capturing an image of a scene, the optical device comprising: a plurality of image sensors each operable to capture a respective initial image of the scene; a lens arrangement operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor, each image sensor being located at a different respective distance from the lens arrangement; and an image processor operable to generate the captured image of the scene on the basis of image data from one or more of the captured initial images.