US 12,231,790 B2
Method for automatic sensor pixel arrangement optimized for multiple camera tasks
Owen Mayer, Oakland, CA (US); Shohei Noguchi, Chiba (JP); Jiro Takatori, Tokyo (JP); and Alexander Berestov, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); and SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP); and Sony Corporation of America, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,077.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,386, filed on Feb. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269499 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/702 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 25/702 (2023.01) [G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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2. A method for optimization of alignment of pixels of X different types on a sensor array for a camera capable of performing N different camera tasks, where X and N are integers greater than 1; the method comprising:
obtaining an output of each of the X types of pixel on the sensor array for an input image;
evaluating a quality of the output for each of the N different camera tasks; and
obtaining an optimal pixel alignment pattern by adjustment of a potential pixel alignment pattern with respect to performance of the N different camera tasks subject to a user-determined balance of priorities among the N different camera tasks, wherein obtaining the optimal pixel alignment pattern comprises using one or more rule-based algorithms.