The present invention relates to a three-dimensional image obtainment device capable of measuring a spatial structure for a target, like surrounding geographical features, an object of shooting, and so on, using just a simple movement by having a laser beam irradiation module configured to irradiate a laser beam from an inner side of a main body housing to a side of the target, a beam splitter, a TOF reception sensor, and a red-green-blue (RGB) image sensor capable of sensing a color image.

A camera system of a mobile device includes: a sensor module disposed in a first body connected to a rotation member of the mobile device; and a lens module disposed in a second body connected to the rotation member. When the first body and the second body are rotated with respect to the rotation member to overlap each other, optical axes of the sensor module and the lens module correspond to each other and are operated as a common camera system, and the common camera system provides a first photographing mode and a second photographing mode with different viewing angles based on two focuses generated by a first geometry phase lens included in the lens module.

A camera system of a mobile device includes: a sensor module disposed in a first body connected to a rotation member of the mobile device; and a lens module disposed in a second body connected to the rotation member. When the first body and the second body are rotated with respect to the rotation member to overlap each other, optical axes of the sensor module and the lens module correspond to each other and are operated as a common camera system, and the common camera system provides a first photographing mode and a second photographing mode with different viewing angles based on two focuses generated by a first geometry phase lens included in the lens module.

A method for capturing raw digital color image data by an image-sensor array that includes a color filter array (CFA), at least one type of color filter elements of which transmits an additive (or subtractive) mixture of plural color-components of an additive (or subtractive) color-space, unlike conventional CFAs (akin to the color filter array) wherein single color-component of the color-space passes through each color filter element. An image demosaicing method is disclosed to convert the raw digital color image data wherein each pixel has a raw grayscale value into a full-color image wherein each pixel has values in all color-channels of the color-space. Further, a method of optimizing relationship among low-light sensitivity of the image-sensor array, effective resolutions of color-component images of the raw digital color image data that each correspond to a different color-component of the color-space, and color depth of the full-color image, by means of adjusting spectral transmission characteristics of different types of color filter elements forming the CFA is disclosed.

Obtaining depth information using an IR sensor with a beam splitter including illuminating a subject with IR light using an IR light source; receiving reflected light including visible light and the IR light at a beam splitter; splitting the reflected light into two identical beams, a first beam and a second beam, using the beam splitter; receiving and processing the first beam at an IR sensor to pass the IR light and to block the visible light, to generate an IR image; receiving and processing the second beam at a visible light sensor to pass the visible light and to block the IR light, to generate a visible light image; and using a time of flight of the IR light transmitted by the IR light source and received by the IR sensor to calculate a distance of the subject from the beam splitter.

Obtaining depth information using an IR sensor with a beam splitter including illuminating a subject with IR light using an IR light source; receiving reflected light including visible light and the IR light at a beam splitter; splitting the reflected light into two identical beams, a first beam and a second beam, using the beam splitter; receiving and processing the first beam at an IR sensor to pass the IR light and to block the visible light, to generate an IR image; receiving and processing the second beam at a visible light sensor to pass the visible light and to block the IR light, to generate a visible light image; and using a time of flight of the IR light transmitted by the IR light source and received by the IR sensor to calculate a distance of the subject from the beam splitter.

A multi-aperture imaging system comprising a first camera with a first sensor that captures a first image and a second camera with a second sensor that captures a second image, the two cameras having either identical or different FOVs. The first sensor may have a standard color filter array (CFA) covering one sensor section and a non-standard color CFA covering another. The second sensor may have either Clear or standard CFA covered sections. Either image may be chosen to be a primary or an auxiliary image, based on a zoom factor. An output image with a point of view determined by the primary image is obtained by registering the auxiliary image to the primary image.

Disclosed herein, inter alia, are methods and systems of image analysis useful for rapidly identifying and/or quantifying features.

Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide a color digital camera with direct luminance detection. The luminance signals are obtained directly from a broadband image sensor channel without interpolation of RGB data. The chrominance signals are obtained from one or more additional image sensor channels comprising red and/or blue color band detection capability. The red and blue signals are directly combined with the luminance image sensor channel signals. The digital camera generates and outputs an image in YCrCb color space by directly combining outputs of the broadband, red and blue sensors.

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.