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.

The present disclosure provides a method and a device for compositing a plurality of images. The method includes obtaining a first exposure time t required for current photographing. The first exposure time t is divided into N segments where N is M power of 4, and M is a positive integer. A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) controls an image sensor to move clockwise or anticlockwise according to a step length of a preset number of pixels. The image sensor is controlled to expose for a second exposure time t/N after each movement of the image sensor according to the preset number of pixels, to obtain N images. The N images are composited to obtain a composite picture.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for color imaging. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, by an image sensor that includes pixels for detecting a first color and pixels for detecting a second color, a first image of a scene while the image sensor is in a first position, moving the image sensor to a second position, wherein, in the second position, a particular pixel for detecting the first color is located where a particular pixel for detecting the second color was previously located when the image sensor was in the first position, obtaining, by the image sensor, a second image of the scene while the image sensor is in the second position, generating a composite image based on the first image and the second image, and providing the composite image for output.

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can obtain information relating to a bias associated with a camera sensor. A plurality of images of a scene captured by the camera sensor can be obtained, where the plurality of images are captured at a resolution supported by the camera sensor. A plurality of weights for each image of the plurality of images can be determined based at least in part on the bias. A combined image of the scene can be generated based on the plurality of images and the determined weights, the combined image having a resolution higher than the resolution supported by the camera sensor.

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus that is configured by laminating a first structure body, at which a pixel array unit in which pixels for performing photoelectric conversion are two-dimensionally aligned is formed, and a second structure body, at which an output circuit unit for outputting a pixel signal outputted from the pixels to the outside of the apparatus is formed. The output circuit unit, a through via which penetrates a semiconductor substrate constituting a part of the second structure body, and a signal output external terminal connected to the outside of the apparatus are arranged under the pixel array unit of the first structure body, the output circuit unit is connected to the signal output external terminal via the through via, and the outermost surface of the apparatus is a resin layer formed on an upper layer of an on-chip lens of the pixel array unit.

A solid-state imaging element that detects address events captures high-quality images. The solid-state imaging element includes a pixel array section that has a plurality of pixels including a specific pixel arranged in a two-dimensional lattice pattern. The specific pixel includes a pixel circuit and two analog-digital converters. The pixel circuit outputs two analog signals proportional to an amount of charge produced by photoelectric conversion. The analog-digital converters convert the respective two analog signals into digital signals with different resolutions.

The provided solution is an optical system comprising an image sensor and a collecting entrance lens having a predetermined field of view, the optical device further comprising a dynamically configurable light barrier having at least two masking elements, the dynamically configurable light barrier being configured so that only one of the masking elements can be set in a state in which light passes through, the at least two masking elements being configured so that images acquired by the image sensor when one of the at least two masking elements is configured in a state in which light passes through represent different portions of the predetermined field of view than images acquired by the image sensor when another one of the at least two masking elements is configured in a state in which light passes through.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for color imaging. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining, by an image sensor that includes pixels for detecting a first color and pixels for detecting a second color, a first image of a scene while the image sensor is in a first position, moving the image sensor to a second position, wherein, in the second position, a particular pixel for detecting the first color is located where a particular pixel for detecting the second color was previously located when the image sensor was in the first position, obtaining, by the image sensor, a second image of the scene while the image sensor is in the second position, generating a composite image based on the first image and the second image, and providing the composite image for output.

An image acquisition apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a control method of the same are provided. An image acquisition apparatus includes an image sensor in which a red element outputting a signal corresponding to a red light, a green element outputting a signal corresponding to a green light, and a blue element outputting a signal corresponding to a blue light are arranged in a predetermined pattern, a driving unit configured to move the image sensor to a plurality of positions; and an image processor configured to receive a signal output from the red element, the green element and the blue element in the plurality of positions, respectively, and configured to acquire an image of an object by combining the received signal.

Analyte arrays such as solutes in a slab-shaped gel following electrophoresis, and particularly arrays that are in excess of 3 cm square and up to 25 cm square and higher, are imaged at distances of 5 cm or less by either forming sub-images of the entire array and stitching together the sub-images by computer-based stitching technology, or by using an array of thin-film photoresponsive elements that is coextensive with the analyte array to form a single image of the array.