SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING USING MULTI APERTURE CAMERA

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and method for improving the spatial resolution of digital cameras that consist of multiple imaging lens assemblies (hereinafter: imaging channels) and at least one sensor that can be divided in to two or more regions. The imaging lenses are designed to have the same field of view but different geometric distortion as a function of field of view. The final processed image is composed of details obtained by different imaging channels. Each imaging channel provides luminance details for different areas of the final image while all imaging channels provide chrominance (color details) of the complete scene. As a result of the distortion variation, each channel has an area where the magnification of some areas in the scene is higher. The present invention relates generally to a system and method for capturing an image, and more particularly to an advanced imaging systems having more than one aperture.