IMAGE CAPTURE USING SEPARATE LUMINANCE AND CHROMINANCE SENSORS
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1. An image sensing device comprising:
- a lens train for sensing an image;
a beam splitter for splitting the image sensed by the lens train into a first split image and a second split image;
a first image sensor for capturing a luminance portion of the first split image;
a second image sensor for capturing a chrominance portion of the second split image; and
an image processing module for combining the luminance portion and the chrominance portion to form a composite image.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for capturing images using an image sensing device. In one embodiment, an image sensing device may include a first lens train for sensing a first image and a second lens train for sensing a second image. The image sensing device may also include a first image sensor for capturing the luminance portion of the first image and a second image sensor for capturing the chrominance portion of the second image. The image sensing device may also include an image processing module for combining the luminance portion captured by the first image sensor and the chrominance portion captured by the second image sensor to form a composite image.
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1. An image sensing device comprising:
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a lens train for sensing an image; a beam splitter for splitting the image sensed by the lens train into a first split image and a second split image; a first image sensor for capturing a luminance portion of the first split image; a second image sensor for capturing a chrominance portion of the second split image; and an image processing module for combining the luminance portion and the chrominance portion to form a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image sensing device comprising:
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a first image sensor for capturing a first image; a second image sensor for capturing a second image; and an image processing module for combining the first image captured by the first image sensor and the second image captured by the second image sensor to form a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of operating an image sensing device comprising:
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generating a high-quality luminance image with a first sensor; generating a chrominance image with the second sensor; and substantially aligning the high-quality luminance image with the chrominance image to form a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An image sensing device comprising:
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a first lens train for sensing a first image; a second lens train for sensing a second image; a third lens train for sensing a third image; a red image sensor for capturing the red portion of the first image; a green image sensor for capturing the green portion of the second image; a blue image sensor for capturing the blue portion of the third image; and an image processing module for combining the red portion, the green portion, and the blue portion to form a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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