Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving array camera image data
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1. A method of transmitting image data comprising:
- capturing image data using a plurality of active focal planes in a camera module that comprises an array of focal planes and a plurality of lens stacks, where an image is formed on each active focal plane by a separate lens stack from said plurality of lens stacks and the array of focal planes comprises a plurality of rows of focal planes and a plurality of columns of focal planes;
generating lines of image data by interleaving said image data captured by said plurality of active focal planes;
generating additional data, where said additional data includes information for deinterleaving a plurality of images from the generated lines of image data;
packetizing said lines of image data and said additional data to produce at least one packet of data; and
transmitting said at least one packet of data.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving image data captured by an imager array including a plurality of focal planes are described. One embodiment of the invention includes capturing image data using a plurality of active focal planes in a camera module, where an image is formed on each active focal plane by a separate lens stack, generating lines of image data by interleaving the image data captured by the plurality of active focal planes, and transmitting the lines of image data and the additional data.
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1. A method of transmitting image data comprising:
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capturing image data using a plurality of active focal planes in a camera module that comprises an array of focal planes and a plurality of lens stacks, where an image is formed on each active focal plane by a separate lens stack from said plurality of lens stacks and the array of focal planes comprises a plurality of rows of focal planes and a plurality of columns of focal planes; generating lines of image data by interleaving said image data captured by said plurality of active focal planes; generating additional data, where said additional data includes information for deinterleaving a plurality of images from the generated lines of image data; packetizing said lines of image data and said additional data to produce at least one packet of data; and transmitting said at least one packet of data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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