US 11,729,522 B2
Optical scope system for capturing an image of a scene
Thimo Emmerich, Stuttgart (DE); Zoltan Facius, Stuttgart (DE); and Paul Springer, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/495,828.
Application 17/495,828 is a continuation of application No. 16/464,688, granted, now 11,146,723, previously published as PCT/EP2017/082891, filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16204872 (EP), filed on Dec. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030174 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 23/959 (2023.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/959 (2023.01) [A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); H04N 23/16 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/673 (2023.01); H04N 23/676 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
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13. A method of capturing an image of a scene in an optical scope system, the method comprising:
capturing a plurality of initial images of the scene, each initial image of the scene being captured using a respective one of a plurality of image sensors, wherein each image sensor is located at a different respective distance from at least one lens and at an angle relative to other image sensors, each image sensor being operable to receive light from the scene and to form each initial image on each respective image sensor;
dividing each of the captured initial images into predetermined portions;
determining an image sharpness level for corresponding predetermined portions of each of the captured initial images;
determining the highest one of the determined image sharpness levels; and
generating, on the basis of image data from each of the captured initial images, the captured image of the scene so that a portion of the captured image of the scene corresponding to the corresponding predetermined portions of each of the captured initial images has a sharpness level equal to the determined highest image sharpness level.