Multi-Camera System Consisting Of Variably Calibrated Cameras
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a main camera configured to produce a high quality image;
at least two auxiliary cameras configured to produce images of lower quality; and
electronic circuitry linked to the main camera and the at least two auxiliary cameras, the electronic circuitry comprising a controller having a memory and a processor, the electronic circuitry configured to operate on data pertaining to the high quality image and pertaining to the images of lower quality to produce an enhanced high quality image as output data;
wherein the processor utilizes computational photography algorithms that utilize dense correspondence and best fit homography techniques, the dense correspondence being based on data from the high quality image from the main camera and the images of lower quality from the at least two auxiliary cameras.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a main camera configured to produce a high quality image; at least two auxiliary cameras configured to produce images of lower quality; and electronic circuitry linked to the main camera and the at least two auxiliary cameras, the electronic circuitry comprising a controller having a memory and a processor, the electronic circuitry configured to operate on data pertaining to the high quality image and pertaining to the images of lower quality to produce an enhanced high quality image as output data.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a main camera configured to produce a high quality image; at least two auxiliary cameras configured to produce images of lower quality; and electronic circuitry linked to the main camera and the at least two auxiliary cameras, the electronic circuitry comprising a controller having a memory and a processor, the electronic circuitry configured to operate on data pertaining to the high quality image and pertaining to the images of lower quality to produce an enhanced high quality image as output data; wherein the processor utilizes computational photography algorithms that utilize dense correspondence and best fit homography techniques, the dense correspondence being based on data from the high quality image from the main camera and the images of lower quality from the at least two auxiliary cameras. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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acquiring data from a main camera, the data pertaining to a high quality image; acquiring data from at least two auxiliary cameras, the data pertaining to at least two images of lower quality; combining the data pertaining to the high quality image and the data pertaining to the at least two images of lower quality; producing metadata pertaining to the acquired data; enhancing the high quality image with the metadata; and outputting the high quality image as image data; wherein producing metadata comprises using computational photography algorithms embodied in a controller comprising a processor and a memory; wherein using computational photography algorithms comprises using a dense correspondence algorithm to generate dense correspondence between the acquired data pertaining to the high quality image and the acquired data pertaining to the at least two images of lower quality; and wherein a best fit homography transform is computed from the dense correspondence generated based on data from the high quality image from the main camera and the images of lower quality from the at least two auxiliary cameras. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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acquiring data pertaining to a high quality image and data pertaining to at least two images of lower quality; using a dense correspondence algorithm to generate dense correspondence between the data pertaining to the high quality image and the data pertaining to the at least two images of lower quality, the dense correspondence being based on data from the high quality image and the at least two images of lower quality; linking correspondence points from the dense correspondence generated to disparity values; grouping the disparity values into levels; computing a best fit homography transform of the disparity values for each level; and transforming the disparity values for each level to a high quality image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of an apparatus, causes the apparatus to at least:
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use a dense correspondence algorithm to generate dense correspondence between data pertaining to a high quality image and data pertaining to at least two images of lower quality; link correspondence points from the dense correspondence generated to disparity values; group the disparity values into levels; and compute a best fit homography transform of the disparity values for each level. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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a first camera configured to produce a high quality image; a second camera configured to produce images of lower quality; and electronic circuitry linked to the first camera and the second camera, the electronic circuitry comprising a controller having a memory and a processor, the electronic circuitry configured to operate on data pertaining to the high quality image and pertaining to the images of lower quality to produce an enhanced high quality image as output data; wherein the processor utilizes computational photography algorithms that utilize dense correspondence and best fit homography techniques, the dense correspondence being based on data from the high quality image from the first camera and the images of lower quality from the second camera. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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