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Systems and methods for creating full-color image in low light

  • US 9,955,127 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A low-light color imaging system, comprising:

  • a first photosensitive sensor configured to generate, in response to incident light from a scene, a first set of electrical signals indicative of a first light channel including a first spectrum of wavelengths of light, wherein the first photosensitive sensor includes a first array of photosensitive pixels that are enabled to detect the first spectrum of wavelengths of light;

    a second photosensitive sensor configured to generate, in response to incident light from the scene, a second set of electrical signals indicative of a second light channel including a second spectrum of wavelengths of light, wherein the second photosensitive sensor includes a second array of photosensitive pixels that are enabled to detect the second spectrum of wavelengths of light, and wherein the second spectrum of wavelengths of light comprises a different spectrum of wavelengths of light than the first spectrum; and

    an image-combining processor connected to the first and second photosensitive sensors and having circuitry configured to;

    receive the first set of electrical signals indicative of the first light channel and the second set of electrical signals indicative of the second light channel;

    generate a full-color image of the scene based on the first and second sets of electrical signals by combining the first and second sets of electrical signals into a set of color vectors, wherein a color vector comprises an ordered set of numbers describing a color;

    translate the set of color vectors into colors in a color space with at least one of using a color lookup table that records associations between color vectors and colors, or using predetermined formulas based on definitions of the first and second light channels, and wherein using the color lookup table comprises at least one of;

    search for a color vector in the color lookup table that matches a color vector in the set of color vectors;

    search for a color vector in the color lookup table that matches a color vector in the set of color vectors within a predetermined margin;

    orsearch for a color vector in the color lookup table with a ratio of elements that matches a ratio of elements of a color vector in the set of color vectors; and

    display the full-color image.

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