US 11,991,444 B2
Thin multi-aperture imaging system with auto-focus and methods for using same
Gal Shabtay, Tel Aviv (IL); Noy Cohen, Tel Aviv (IL); Nadav Geva, Tel Aviv (IL); Oded Gigushinski, Tel Aviv (IL); and Ephraim Goldenberg, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/505,263.
Application 18/505,263 is a continuation of application No. 18/333,575, filed on Jun. 13, 2023, granted, now 11,856,291.
Application 18/333,575 is a continuation of application No. 17/957,206, filed on Sep. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,716,535, issued on Aug. 1, 2023.
Application 17/957,206 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,487, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,470,235, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Application 15/930,487 is a continuation of application No. 16/368,173, filed on Mar. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,694,094, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 16/368,173 is a continuation of application No. 16/249,937, filed on Jan. 17, 2019, granted, now 10,469,735, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 16/249,937 is a continuation of application No. 15/982,401, filed on May 17, 2018, granted, now 10,250,797, issued on Apr. 2, 2019.
Application 15/982,401 is a continuation of application No. 15/407,271, filed on Jan. 17, 2017, granted, now 9,998,653, issued on Jun. 12, 2018.
Application 15/407,271 is a continuation of application No. 14/906,116, granted, now 9,571,731, issued on Feb. 14, 2017, previously published as PCT/IB2014/063393, filed on Jul. 24, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/861,185, filed on Aug. 1, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2024/0080556 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G02B 7/36 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01); H04N 9/64 (2023.01); H04N 23/13 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/133 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/67 (2023.01) [G02B 7/36 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 9/64 (2013.01); H04N 23/13 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 25/133 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 23/843 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-aperture imaging system, comprising:
a first camera that provides a first image, the first camera comprising a first sensor with a first number of pixels and a first type of filter array including a red, green, blue, or white filter on each of the first number of pixels, wherein the first type of filter array is a non-standard color filter array that includes repetitions of a 3×3 to 6×6 micro-cell;
a second camera that provides a second image, the second camera comprising a second sensor with a second number of pixels and a second type of filter array different from the first type of filter array; and
an algorithm configured to perform a rectification on at least one image of the first image and the second image to correct for different rotations of the first and second images around x and y axes and to have similar mean signal intensity in the first and second images.