Autofocus system for a conventional camera that uses depth information from an array camera

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to array cameras and particularly to array cameras including an array camera module with a separate camera.

BACKGROUND

An array camera includes a plurality of individual cameras (i.e., cameras) that can capture images of a scene where the image obtained by each camera is from a slightly different viewpoint. The individual images from each of the cameras are used to generate a single image having a higher resolution than the resolution of each of the individual cameras in the array. The use of an array camera to generate real-time video can be problematic because of the high computational load involved in synthesizing a single frame of video from the individual images captured by the cameras in the frame every frame interval. This is especially true in a mobile device where high computational load can require a large amount of processing time and/or expend a significant amount of power. For example, an array camera may include 16 individual cameras in the area, where each camera includes 1000×750 pixels. A common output for video data is either 720p (1280×720 pixels) or 1080p (1920×1080 pixels). However, the resolution of the individual cameras (1000×750 pixels) is lower than either of these desired output resolutions. As such, the video images derived from the array camera must undergo a cropping process to convert to a 16:9 format (960×540 pixels) and correspondence (parallax) estimation process to determine a correspondence between the images and a super-resolution processing process (2×) to output video in the desired format. Each of these processes increases the power requirement on a mobile telephone over the existing solution of capturing video using a conventional camera. In a conventional camera, the video is captured in the desired resolution and may be processed using hardware in the sensor. As such, the video from a conventional camera is likely to require less of a computational load and draw less power than an array camera.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The above and other problems are solved and an advance in the art is made by array cameras including an array camera module augmented with a separate camera in accordance with some embodiments of this invention. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, an array camera includes an array camera module, a separate camera, a processor and memory storing software for directing the processor. The array camera module includes multiple cameras that capture images of a scene from different viewpoints. The separate camera is located a fixed baseline distance from the array camera module and captures an image of the scene from a different viewpoint to the viewpoints of the cameras in the array camera module. The processor reads the software from the memory.

The software directs the processor to perform in the following manner. A set of images captured from different viewpoints is obtained using the cameras in the array camera module and the separate camera. The images in the set of images are captured from different viewpoints. A reference viewpoint relative to the viewpoints of the set of images captured from different viewpoints is selected. Depth estimates for pixel locations in an image from the reference viewpoint are determined using the images in the set of images captured by the array camera module.

The depth estimate for a given pixel location in the image from the reference may be determined in the following manner. Pixels in the images captured by the array camera module that correspond to the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint based upon expected disparity at a different depths are identified. The similarity of the corresponding pixels identified at each of the plurality of depths are compared and the depth is selected from the different depths at which the identified corresponding pixels have the highest degree of similarity as a depth estimate for the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint.

The software further directs the processor to generate a depth map for an image in the set of images captured by the separate camera using the depth estimates for pixel locations in an image from the reference viewpoint in the following manner. The pixels in an image captured by the separate camera corresponding to pixels in the image from the reference viewpoint for which depth estimates were determined using images in the set of images captured by the cameras in the array camera module identified and depth estimates determined using images in the set of images captured by the array camera module to the corresponding pixels in the image captured by the separate camera are applied.

In accordance with some embodiments, the array camera module and the separate camera are set farther apart than the cameras in the array camera module. In accordance with many embodiments, the array camera module and the separate camera are located a fixed baseline distance apart.

In accordance with some embodiments, the cameras in the array camera module and the separate camera have the same resolution. In accordance with some embodiments, the separate camera has a higher resolution than the cameras in the array camera module. In accordance with many embodiments, the separate camera and the cameras in the array camera module capture image data in multiple color channels. In various embodiments, the separate camera is a Bayer camera and the array camera module includes cameras selected from the group consisting of Bayer cameras, and monochrome cameras.

In accordance with some embodiments, the baseline distance between the array camera module and the separate camera is variable. In many embodiments, the array camera includes internal sensors including gyroscopes and accelerometers and the software further directs the processor to estimate the baseline distance between the array camera module and the separate camera from extrinsics determined from matching features in the images captured by the array camera module and the separate cameras in combination with information from the gyroscopes and accelerometers.

In accordance with some embodiments, the array camera module forms an M×N array of cameras.

In accordance with many embodiments, the software further directs the processor to operate in the following manner. The processor determines whether a depth estimate for pixel locations in an image from the reference viewpoint determined using the images in the set of images captured by the array camera module corresponds to an observed disparity below a predetermined threshold. When the depth estimate corresponds to an observed disparity below the predetermined threshold, the depth estimate is refined using at least one image in the set of images captured by the separate camera. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the software further directs the processor to refine a depth estimate using images in the set of images captured by the separate cameras in the following manner. Pixels in images captured by the array camera module and by the separate camera that correspond to the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint based upon expected disparity at different depths are identified. The similarity of the corresponding pixels identified at each of the plurality of depths is compared. The depth from the different depths at which the identified corresponding pixels have the highest degree of similarity as a depth estimate for the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint is selected. In accordance with several embodiments, the software directs the processor to refine a depth estimate using images in the set of images captured by the array camera module and the separate camera by selecting the different depths based upon the depth estimate initially determined using the images in the set of images captured by the array camera module.

In accordance with some embodiments, the software further directs the processor to generate a depth map using the depth estimates for pixel locations in an image from the reference viewpoint, where the depth map indicates distances of surfaces of scene objects from the reference viewpoint. In accordance with many embodiments, the software further directs the processor to generate a depth map by identifying pixels in an image captured by the array camera module and the separate camera corresponding to pixels for which depth estimates were determined using images in the set of images captured by the array camera module and applying depth estimates determined using images from the set of images captured by the array camera module to the corresponding pixels.

In accordance with some embodiments, the software further directs the processor to synthesize a higher resolution image from the set of images captured by the array camera module using the depth map. In many embodiments, the software further directs the processor to synthesize a higher resolution image from the set of images captured by the array camera module and the separate cameras using the depth map. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the cameras in the array camera module form a π filter group. In accordance with several of these embodiments, the separate camera is a Bayer camera.

In accordance with some embodiments, an array camera includes an array camera module comprising multiple cameras that capture images of a scene from different viewpoints, a separate camera located a fixed baseline distance from the array camera module, where the separate camera captures an image of the scene from a different viewpoint to the viewpoints of the cameras in the array camera module, a processor and memory in communication with the processor storing software. The software directs the processor to operate in the following manner. An instruction to capture one of a still image and video images is received. Image data is synthesized using image data captured by the multiple cameras in the array camera module in response to an instruction to capture a still image. Video images are captured using image data from the separate camera in response to an instruction to capture video images.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a conceptual illustration of a camera architecture including an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is an illustration of a flow diagram of a process for capturing image data using an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a flow diagram of a process for capturing image data using an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is an illustration of a flow diagram of a process for capturing image data using an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of parallax effects on the images captured in a two camera system.

FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating object distance versus observed disparity.

FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating object distance versus depth error.

FIG. 8 is an illustration of a flow diagram of a process for measuring depth using an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 9 is an illustration of a process for reusing depth information in accordance with embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates a process for measuring speed using an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with embodiments of the invention.

FIG. 11 is an illustration of a flow diagram of a process for providing an auto focus function to a conventional camera using depth information obtained using images captured by an array camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 12 is an illustration of the arrays of pixels in cameras of an array in accordance with an embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 13 is an illustration of captured scenes and depth information for a conventional camera and an array camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 14 is a conceptual illustration of an alternative camera architecture including an array camera and a conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Turning now to the drawings, array cameras including an array camera module augmented with a separate camera in accordance with various embodiments of this invention are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of this invention, the array camera includes an array camera module positioned a known distance from a conventional camera. The term conventional camera is referred herein to describe a camera implemented using a single sensor and associated optics including a single aperture that forms a single image of a scene on the sensor, where the capture of image data by the sensor and read out of image data from the sensor can be directly performed by an external device. In several embodiments, the conventional camera has a sufficiently high resolution to capture video sequences according to the requirements of specific video capture applications. Array camera modules included in array cameras in accordance with embodiments of the invention can be utilized to capture image data from different viewpoints as disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0069189, entitled “Capturing and Processing of Images using Monolithic Camera Array with Heterogeneous Images”, to Venkataraman et al., the relevant disclosure from which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. As disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0069189, an array camera typically contains two or more cameras that capture image data from multiple viewpoints that can be used in depth estimation and super-resolution processing. The combination of an array camera module and a separate camera where the resolution of the cameras in the array camera module and the resolution of the separate camera can be considered a special case of the class of non-grid array cameras disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0069189. Array cameras in accordance with various embodiments of this invention utilize the presence of different types of cameras in a non-grid array camera to vary the cameras and/or image data captured based upon the requirements of specific applications. In this way, the power efficiency of video capture using a single camera can be harnessed in combination with the ability to estimate depth and perform super-resolution processing afforded by capturing image data from different viewpoints. In some embodiments, the separate camera and a set of depth cameras can be packaged as a single module where the separate camera has distinct imaging characteristics relative to the depth cameras. The specific configuration of cameras having different imaging characteristics is largely dependent upon the requirements of specific applications.

In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, the conventional camera is used to capture video images when video is desired and the array camera module is used to capture still images when still images are required. In accordance with many embodiments, the conventional camera may be used to provide preview images for use in capturing still images with the cameras in the array camera module. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the preview images are modified to indicate the scene that may be captured using the array camera module. In a number of embodiments, the image capture parameters for the conventional camera is detected while preview images are captured and the image capture parameters from the conventional camera is used to adjust the image capture parameters for the cameras in the array camera module.

In accordance with some embodiments, the conventional camera and the cameras in the array camera module capture still images when a still image is desired. The image data from the conventional camera and the cameras in the array camera module may then be used to generation depth information in accordance with many of embodiments. In a number of embodiments, the depth information includes a depth map for the image. In accordance with several of these embodiments, the still image is generated from the image data captured by the conventional camera. In accordance with still other embodiments, the still image is generated from image data captured by the cameras in the array camera module.

In accordance with some embodiments, the conventional camera and the cameras in the array camera module capture video images when video images are desired. The video image data from the conventional camera and the cameras in the array camera module may then be used to generation depth information for the images in accordance with many of embodiments. In a number of embodiments, the depth information includes a depth map for the video images. In accordance with several of these embodiments, the video image is generated from the video image data captured by the conventional camera. In accordance with still other embodiments, the video image is generated from image data captured by the cameras in the array camera module.

In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, the conventional camera and/or the array camera module are activated to capture image data based upon a desired task to be performed. In many embodiments, the array camera module is activated when depth-enabled features are activated and a conventional camera is activated when variable resolution features are activated.

In accordance with some embodiments, two or more cameras in the array camera module are used to capture depth information for use in providing an autofocus function. In accordance with many embodiments, the image data for a focus window is captured from two or more cameras in the array camera module. Depth information for the focus window is determined from the captured image data. The depth information is then translated to the focus window of a conventional camera and used to determine a focus depth for use in adjusting the actuator of an autofocus mechanism within the conventional camera to focus the conventional camera at the desired depth. In accordance with a number of these embodiments, a conventional autofocus process is used if a focal depth cannot be determined using the depth information from the two or more cameras in the array.

Array cameras including an array camera module and a separate camera in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are discussed below.

Array Camera Architecture

An array camera architecture that can be used in a variety of array camera configurations in accordance with embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 1. The array camera system 100 includes an array camera module 102 and a conventional camera 103 that are spaced a known distance apart. Both the array camera module 102 and the conventional camera 103 are connected to a processor 104. Cameras 106 in the array camera module 102 are evenly spaced in a 5×5 square. In other embodiments, cameras may have different spacing or can be arranged in other orientations in the array camera module.

The array camera module 102 is connected to the processor 106. The processor is also configured to communicate with one or more different types of memory 108 that can be utilized to store an image processing pipeline application 110, image data 112 captured by the array camera module 102, a video encoder 114 and encoded video 116. The image processing pipeline application 110 is typically non-transitory machine readable instructions utilized to direct the processor to perform processes including (but not limited to) the various processes described below.

Processors 108 in accordance with many embodiments of the invention can be implemented using a microprocessor, a coprocessor, an application specific integrated circuit and/or an appropriately configured field programmable gate array that is directed using appropriate software to control various operating parameters of the array camera module 102 and/or conventional camera 103. The processor 104 can also function to process the images captured by array camera module 102 to produce a synthesized higher resolution image using super-resolution processes, or transfer the images to other hardware, software, firmware or a combination thereof to process the images. The processor 104 may also process the images captured by conventional camera 103 to provide a final image or transfer the images to other hardware, software, firmware or a combination thereof to process the images. The array camera system 100 can also include memory 108 in communication with the processor 104 for storing images. In a variety of embodiments, the memory 108 includes circuitry such as, but not limited to, memory cells constructed using transistors, that are configured to store instructions. Similarly, the processor 104 can include logic gates formed from transistors (or any other device) that are configured to dynamically perform actions based on the instructions stored in the memory. In several embodiments, the instructions are embodied in a configuration of logic gates within the processor to implement and/or perform actions described by the instructions. In this way, the systems and methods described herein can be performed utilizing both general-purpose computing hardware and by single-purpose devices.

Array camera modules 102 in accordance with many embodiments of the invention can be constructed from an array camera module or sensor including an array of focal planes and an optic array including a lens stack for each focal plane in the array camera module. Sensors including multiple focal planes and the operation of such sensors are discussed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012/0013748 entitled “Architectures for System on Chip Array Cameras”, to Pain et al., the relevant disclosure from which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. A sensor including a single array of pixels on which images are formed by the optics of each camera can also be utilized to capture image data. In several embodiments, each camera includes a separate sensor. In many embodiments, individual lens barrels are utilized to implement the optics of the camera. Array camera modules incorporating cameras implemented using combinations of separate sensors and optic arrays, separate sensors and separate lens barrels and a single sensor and separate lens barrels in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/536,537 entitled “Methods of Manufacturing Array Camera Modules Incorporating Independently Aligned Lens Stacks” to Rodda et al. filed Nov. 7, 2014, the relevant disclosure from which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. Light filters can be used within each optical channel formed by the optics of a camera in the array camera module to enable different cameras to capture image data with respect to different portions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

In accordance with some embodiments, conventional camera 103 has a wider field of view than array camera module 102 to account for the diverging viewpoints based upon the distance between conventional camera 103 and array camera module 102. In accordance with some embodiments, the cameras in array camera module 102 and the conventional camera 103 have fixed focus lengths so that the blurring profiles of the conventional camera 103 and the array camera module 102 are consistent and fixed over a wide range of scenes. The fixed focal lengths in the conventional camera 103 and the array camera module 102 can also enable the conventional camera 103 and the array camera module 102 to have similar depth of field profiles and reduce potential sources of differences during the image processing of image data captured by the cameras in the array camera module 102 and the conventional camera 103 in accordance with some embodiments.

In accordance with some embodiments, the conventional camera 103 and the array camera module 102 may be synchronized in terms of frame delivery and shutter speed. In accordance with many embodiments, the conventional camera 103 and the array camera module 102 are synchronized using linked clocks and signals indicating an image capture. In a number of embodiments, frame capture by the conventional camera 103 and the cameras in the array camera module 102 are synchronized so that frames from both cameras are captured synchronously and can be compared to each other during subsequent image processing.

In accordance with some embodiments, the individual cameras in array camera module 102 each capture images in a particular spectral channel including but not limited to Red, Green, and Blue. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the individual cameras in the array camera module 102 are Bayer cameras. In accordance with some embodiments, the conventional camera 103 is a Bayer camera. As can readily be appreciated, the specific cameras utilized in an array camera module and/or a separate conventional camera can be any of a variety of cameras that image any portion(s) of the spectral band appropriate to the requirements of a specific application.

In accordance with some embodiments, two or more array camera modules may be placed at known distances on various sides of conventional camera 103 so that each portion of the scene sampled by the conventional camera 103 is visible in at least one camera in the array camera module. Where the array camera module includes multiple types of camera that image different portions of the spectrum, then array cameras in accordance with many embodiments of the invention position the cameras in the array camera module so that one camera of each type views each portion of the scene sampled by the conventional camera. In accordance with various embodiments, the array camera module may be enhanced by synchronized gyroscopes, accelerometers, structured illumination and the like to further enhance the depth map and to keep array camera module 102 synchronous with the vertical sync of conventional camera 103.

An alternative camera architecture that can be used in a variety of array camera configurations in accordance with embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 14. Array camera system 1400 includes low resolution cameras 1405-1408 that are arranged in a defined geometrical arrangement with regard to high resolution camera 1410. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the location of high resolution camera 1410 may not be in the center of low resolution cameras 1408-1410. In the shown embodiment, the low resolution cameras are substantially near the corners of high resolution 1401. However, different geometrical arrangements of the low resolution camera 1405-1408 with regards to the high resolution camera 1410 can be used without depending on the embodiment. Furthermore, any number of low resolution cameras 1405-1408 may be used depending on the embodiment. The low resolution camera 1405-1408 form an array camera. High resolution camera 1410 has a known baseline with respect to each of the low resolution cameras 1405-1408 and/or the array camera that includes the low resolution cameras. The known baselines form the basis of a geometrical relationship between the high resolution camera and the array camera that can be used for the various process described further below.

Although specific architectures are illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, any of a variety of architectures including an M×N array of cameras that enables the capture of low resolution images and application of super-resolution processes to produce a synthesized high resolution image as well as a conventional camera a known distance from the array can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the invention.

Image Capture Processes

In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, a system with an array camera module augmented with a conventional camera captures video images using the convention image sensor and still images using the array camera module. A flow diagram of a process of capturing image data using either the array camera module or the conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of this invention is shown in FIG. 2. In process 200, an input requesting an image capture function is received (205). In accordance with several embodiments, the request is a user input that indicates one of a number of image capture options including (but not limited to) video image capture, and still image capture. In accordance with some of these embodiments, the input is obtained via selection of an icon on a graphical user interface. In the illustrated embodiment, the process 200 determines (210) whether video images or still images are to be captured based upon the user input.

If video images are to be captured, the convention image sensor is activated to capture video image data in a conventional manner. If still images are to be captured, the process 200 can activate the conventional camera to capture preview images (215), display the preview images from the conventional camera (220), receive a request to capture a still image (235), and capture a still image using the array camera module (240).

The conventional camera may have a viewpoint that is different from the array camera module due to space between the conventional camera and the array camera module. To show the scene that may be captured by the array camera module, the conventional camera may have a larger field of view than the fields of view of the cameras in the array camera module. Furthermore, the field of view of the convention camera can include the fields of view of the cameras in the array camera module. In this way, the portion of the scene sampled (or that will be sampled) by the cameras in the array camera module can be determined.

The preview image(s) captured by the conventional camera are displayed to the user (225). In accordance with some embodiments the display includes an indication of the field of view of the array camera module. In many embodiments, the indication may be provided by cropping the preview image(s) to approximate the scene of the field of view of the array camera module. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the indication may be an outline of a box, crosshairs, or some other graphical element super-imposed over the displayed preview image(s). In several embodiments, a depth map for the scene is generated based upon image data generated by the array camera during preview mode and a perspective correction is applied to a portion of the field of view of the images captured by the conventional camera to shift the image into the viewpoint of the array camera.

In accordance with some embodiments, process 200 optionally includes the determining of the image settings for the conventional camera (230) and the providing of image settings for the array camera module based upon the image settings of the sensor in the convention camera (235). In accordance with some embodiments, an auto-exposure loop of the conventional camera converges to a particular desired gain and exposure and/or other image settings for a scene being captured. In some embodiments, the image setting of the conventional camera is provided to the array camera module to adjust the image settings of the cameras in the array camera module. However, the array camera module may have different properties in terms of various image settings including (but not limited to) transmissivity, pixel sensitivity, available gain, and/or exposure range. Thus, a controller, circuit, or software process may convert the image settings of the conventional camera to terms for use in the array camera in accordance with many embodiments. In a number of embodiments, the conversion includes (but is not limited to) gain settings, exposure settings, color balance corrections and tone curve.

The array camera module is configured to capture an image of a scene that is indicated in the preview image(s). A request or snap is then detected (240) and the array camera module capture image data for the desired image. The image data may then be used to render an image using image processing techniques similar to those described the applications incorporated by reference above.

Although processes for capturing image data using either the array camera module or the conventional camera are described above with reference to FIG. 2, one skilled in the art will recognize that other processes for capturing image data using either a conventional camera or an array camera module may be performed as appropriate to the requirements of specific applications in accordance with various embodiments of this invention.

In accordance with some embodiments, the conventional camera may be leveraged to improve depth accuracy in image processing of images from the array camera module for still images. Likewise, array camera module may be used to improve depth accuracy in video data obtained using the convention image sensor. In particular, the conventional camera can implement both the still and video mode in some embodiments. In these embodiments, the array camera module is utilized as a depth sensor. The array camera module captures lower resolution and/or lower quality stills that contain depth enabled features including, but not limited to, matting and segmentation. A process for using the conventional camera and/or array camera module to improve depth accuracy for image processing in accordance with an embodiment of this invention is shown in FIG. 3. In process 300, an input requesting an image capture function is received (305). In accordance with some embodiments, the request is an input by user that can indicate that video image capture or still image capture is requested. In accordance with some of these embodiments, the input is a selection of an icon on a graphical user interface. The process 300 determines whether video images or still images are to be captured (310).

In accordance with some embodiments, the capturing of the preview image(s) involves capturing video image data using the conventional camera (315). The conventional camera may have a viewpoint that is different from the array camera module due to space between the conventional camera and the array camera module. To show the scene that may be captured by the array camera module, the conventional camera may have a larger field of view than the fields of view of the cameras in the array camera module. Furthermore, the field of view of the convention camera can include the fields of view of the cameras in the array camera module. In this way, the portion of the scene sampled (or that will be sampled) by the cameras in the array camera module can be determined.

The preview image(s) captured by the conventional camera are displayed to the user (320). In some embodiments, the display may also provide an indication of depth and the preview may only show the portion of the field of view of the conventional camera for which depth information is available from image data captured by the cameras in the array camera module.

An indication to capture an image is received (325). In some embodiments, the indication may be an input by a user. In accordance with many embodiments, the indication may be a signal received by another process using the array camera to capture an image. Image data is captured by the cameras in the array camera module (330) and the conventional camera (340) In accordance with some embodiments and the capture of the image data is synchronized to occur over a common image capture time interval. In accordance with some embodiments, the determination of image setting information discussed with respect to process 200 above may be performed prior to image capture with the array camera.

Depth information can be determined using image data captured by the cameras in the array camera module and conventional camera (350). In accordance with some embodiments, disparity searches along epipolar lines can be performed to identify correspondences between pixels in images captured by one or more cameras in the array camera module and pixels in the image from the conventional camera. These disparity searches can be utilized in combination with information concerning the baseline between the various cameras to perform depth estimation. The determined depth estimates can improve depth estimates determined with only image data from the cameras in the array camera module, because depth error typically increases quadratically as the baseline (distance between the cameras capturing the compared images) gets smaller. Thus, depth estimation error can be reduced in array cameras in which the baseline (distance) between the conventional camera and one or more cameras in the array camera module is larger than the baseline between the cameras in the array camera module.

In accordance with some embodiments, the individual cameras in the array camera module capture an individual spectral channel. In these embodiments, the image data captured by a camera in the array camera module within a specific spectral channel may be compared against image data captured by other cameras from within the array camera module that capture image data within the same spectral channel and/or image data captured by the conventional camera in the same spectral channel. For example, a red pixel in image data captured by a camera in the array camera module can be compared to the red channel of the image data from the conventional camera. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the individual cameras in the array camera module are Bayer cameras (capturing Red (R), Green (G), and Blue (B) spectral channels).

In accordance with some embodiments, the process may determine whether to determine the depth information only using image data from the cameras in the array camera module when the objects at very near distances because the small baselines between cameras reduces the disparity range that needs to be searched. However, the image data from the conventional camera and one or more cameras from the array camera module are used when the objects are at far distances to provide better measurements of disparity.

In many embodiments, the conventional camera may have different physical characteristics from the individual cameras within the array camera module. As such, normalizations are enacted to reduce the apparent dissimilarity between the raw image data captured by the conventional camera and the individual cameras from the array camera module to enable the correspondence searches. The normalizations may include, but are not limited to, measurement and correction of differential or absolute distortion between images captured by the conventional camera and images captured by the individual cameras in the array camera module prior to the correspondence search; measurement and correction of different photometric properties of the respective lenses in the cameras from the array camera module and/or the conventional camera; measurement and correction of different spectral properties or color biases in the respective lenses or pixels and color filters involved in the different cameras; measurement and correction or normalization of blur differences between different lenses (for example, in one embodiment blurring images from both the array camera module and the conventional camera to a common lower resolution, or blurring whichever image is captured at a higher resolution to match the frequency response of the other camera as much as possible); and measurement and correction of varying fields of view between the conventional camera and cameras in array camera module. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the images captured at a higher resolution will be appropriately filtered and downsampled to match both the pixel count and blur of the lower resolution images so that the similarity of corresponding pixels can be determined. Additionally, in some embodiments, differential responses (e.g. noise characteristics, pixel sensitivities, etc.) of pixels in the respective cameras may be characterized in order to normalize the responses prior to correspondence search.

A more complete discussion of processes for determining depth information is provided below with respect to FIGS. 5-10.

Turning back to process 300, if it is determined that video images are to be captured (310), video image data is captured with the conventional camera (350) and the array camera module (355). The video image data from the conventional camera and the array camera module are then used to generate depth information for the frames in the video sequence (360) using techniques similar to those discussed above with respect to still images.

Although specific processes for using a conventional camera and/or an array camera module to improve depth estimation accuracy during image and/or video capture are discussed above with reference to FIG. 3, other processes can be performed using one or more conventional cameras and/or an array camera module to obtain depth estimates during image and/or depth capture as appropriate to the requirements of specific applications in accordance with other embodiments of this invention.

In accordance with some embodiments, the user may be provided an option to activate the array camera module for particular desired tasks. For example, the user may be provided a choice in the camera application that allows them to indicate a desire to capture a refocusable image for a particular image. In this scenario, during the capture of the image, the array camera module is activated and image data captured by the cameras in the array camera module is at least used for depth estimation and/or synthesis of an image in accordance with some embodiments. In many embodiments, the user may be provided an option to maximize resolution, but perhaps at the expense of depth-enabled features. In such a scenario the conventional camera captures the still image provided the physical characteristics of the conventional camera enable the sensor to provide at least as high a resolution output as the array camera module. In accordance with many embodiments, the live still preview perspective is selected to match the camera selected for the particular mode of capture. For example, if the user selected a ‘refocusable’ image, the array camera module might activate a preview capability of the array camera module for the sake of framing the scene in order to ensure that the viewpoint of the still preview reflects as closely as possible the viewpoint of the eventual captured image.

In accordance with a number of embodiments, a real-time video and/or depth mode in the array camera module may be activated upon the request of a user or application. The real-time video and/or depth mods may provide different resolutions and/or frame rates than the video mode provided by the conventional camera but could be used to additional capabilities such as augmented reality. In such a case, a higher level process in a software library or performed by a controller may manage which of the conventional camera and/or array camera is active depending on high-level options provided to users.

A process for activating either the conventional camera and/or the array camera module depending on the function being performed in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 4. In process 400, a request for an image capture function is received (405). Based on the image capture function requested, the process determines which one or both of the conventional camera and the array camera module to activate (410). If the conventional camera is needed, image data is captured with the conventional camera (412). If the array camera module is needed, image data is captured with the array camera module (415).

Although an embodiment of a process for activating one of either the conventional camera and/or the array camera module based on the image capture function to be performed is described above, other processes for activating one of either the conventional camera and/or the array camera module based on the image capture function to be performed may be utilized in accordance with other embodiments of this invention.

Depth Measurement Processes

In many embodiments of the invention, a conventional camera and an array camera module are mounted a fixed distance apart and form a pair of stereo array cameras. In many embodiments, the distance between the array camera module and conventional camera is known with reference to one or more locations on the array. In addition, the locations of each camera within array camera module are known. Therefore, the baseline (distance between any two cameras) between any camera in the array camera module and conventional camera is known or can be determined.

Distance Measurement Using an Array Camera Module and Conventional Camera

Images of a scene captured by different cameras in an array camera have differences due to the different points of view resulting from the different locations of the cameras, an effect known as parallax. These differences, referred to as disparity, provide information that can be used to measure depth of objects within a scene. Systems and methods for detecting disparity and calculating depth maps for an image are discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 entitled “Systems and Methods for Parallax Detection and Correction in Images Captured Using Array Cameras” to Venkataraman et al., filed Aug. 21, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

Parallax in a two camera system is illustrated in FIG. 5. The two cameras 500, 502, include a lens stack 504 and a focal plane 506. Each camera has a back focal length f, and the two cameras are separated by the baseline distance of 2h. The field of view of both cameras encompasses a scene including a foreground object 508 and a background object 510. The disparity introduced by the different fields of view of the two cameras 500, 502, is equal to the difference in location of the foreground object 508 between its location in the image captured by the first camera (represented as an offset of the point on the focal plane of the first camera 500 relative to its optical axis 512 shown as −u_L) and its location in the image captured by the separate cameras (represented as an offset of the point on the focal plane of the separate cameras 502 relative to its optical axis 514 is shown as u_R).

U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated above discusses depth measurement using the following relationship between disparity and depth with respect to FIG. 5:

$\begin{matrix} Δ_{parallax} = u_{R} - u_{L} = \frac{2 hf}{z_{o}} & (1) \end{matrix}$

From the above equation and figure, it can be seen that disparity between images captured by the different cameras is along a vector in the direction of the baseline of the two cameras, which can be referred to as the epipolar line between the two cameras. Furthermore, the magnitude of the disparity is directly proportional to the baseline separation of the two cameras and the back focal length of the cameras and is inversely proportional to the distance from the camera to an object appearing in the scene. The distance (or depth) from the two cameras to the foreground object can be obtained by determining the disparity of the foreground object in the two captured images.

One method of determining depth of a pixel or object using images captured by an array camera module involves selecting an initial hypothesized depth or distance for a selected pixel from an image captured from a reference viewpoint/camera, and searching pixel locations in other images along the epipolar line between the reference viewpoint/camera and the camera capturing each of the other images for similar/matching pixels. This process is discussed in the patent incorporated by reference above, and can be modified to utilize an array camera module and conventional camera set farther apart than the cameras in a single array camera module to determine depth to a higher precision as will be discussed further below.

Techniques such as those disclosed in the patent application incorporated above are typically used to generate a depth map from a reference viewpoint. The reference viewpoint can be from the viewpoint of one of the cameras in an array camera module. Alternatively, the reference viewpoint can be an arbitrary virtual viewpoint. A depth map indicates the distance of the surfaces of scene objects from a reference viewpoint. Although a process for calculating depth using disparity is discussed above, any of a variety of techniques for calculating depth can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the invention. Processes for depth measurement using a stereo system including an array camera module and a conventional camera are discussed below.

Enhanced Distance Measurement Using a Stereo System Including an Array Camera Module and a Conventional Camera

The closer that an object is to an array camera module, the larger the disparity that will be observed in the object's location in different images captured by different cameras in the array. A representative graph of object distance with observed disparity is illustrated in FIG. 6. It can be seen in the graph that as the object distance approaches zero (i.e., comes closer to the camera), the disparity increases dramatically. Conversely, as the object distance increases, the disparity decreases. It can also be seen that the rate of change in disparity decreases as object distance increases. A representative graph of object distance with depth error is illustrated in FIG. 7. The graph assumes a 4×4 array camera module where the baseline between any two adjacent cameras is 2.3 mm, the pixel size is 1.75 μm, and the focal length is about 2 mm. The depth error is calculated as the percentage of depth resolution over object distance, where depth resolution indicates the resolution of the depth (the distance by which two objects should be separated for the array camera module to distinguish between the objects as two separate depths) at a given object distance. It can be seen that depth error increases with object distance.

The further a camera is from the reference viewpoint, the larger the disparity that will be observed. Typically larger shifts enable depth to be determined with greater precision. Increasing the baseline (distance between cameras) increases the observed disparity accordingly. Therefore, using a camera that captures an image from a reference viewpoint and the cameras that are further away from that camera to determine depth information can improve precision.

In many embodiments of the invention, an array camera module and a conventional camera are set apart at a known distance in a stereo camera configuration and image data from the array camera module and the conventional camera are used to generate depth information for an object observed. A process for measuring depth using a stereo system including an array camera module and a conventional camera in accordance with embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 8. The process 800 includes determining (810) image capture settings for the array camera module and the conventional camera. Image capture settings can include calibration for nonlinearities or nonconformities in the lenses (e.g., by incorporating scene-independent geometric shifts as appropriate).

A first set of image data is captured (820) using the array camera module. Typically, each individual camera collects image data that can be used to form an image from the point of view of the individual camera. In array camera modules, often one camera is designated a reference camera and the image data captured by that camera is referred to as being captured from a reference viewpoint. In many embodiments of the invention, image data that is captured includes image data from a reference camera. In several embodiments, the active cameras capturing the image data are configured with color filters or other mechanisms to limit the spectral band of light captured. The spectral band can be (but is not limited to) red, blue, green, infrared, or extended color. Extended color is a band that includes at least a portion of at the band of wavelengths of least two colors. Systems and methods for capturing and utilizing extended color are disclosed in U.S. Patent Application No. 61/798,602 and U.S. Patent Publication No. 2014/0267762, entitled “Extended Color Processing on Pelican Array Cameras” to Mullis et al., hereby incorporated by reference.

An object of interest is identified (825) in the first set of image data. The identification can be based upon a variety of techniques that include, but are not limited to: user input (e.g., selection on a screen), motion activation, shape recognition, and region(s) of interest. The identification can be made in an image generated from the first set of image data from the cameras in the array camera module. For example, the object of interest can be indicated in a preview image generated from the first set of image data or in a reference image from a reference viewpoint that corresponds to a reference camera in the array camera module. The identification can include selection of a pixel or set of pixels within the image associated with the object.

Using the first set of image data, a depth is determined (830) for the object. Techniques for determining the depth of the object can include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference and discussed further above. The effects of noise can be reduced by binning or averaging corresponding pixels across images captured by different cameras utilizing techniques such as, but not limited to, those disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/783,441, filed Mar. 14, 2013, entitled “Systems and Methods for Reducing Motion Blur in Images or Video in Ultra Low Light with Array Cameras” to Molina and P.C.T. Patent Publication No. WO 2014/159779, filed Mar. 12, 2014, entitled “Systems and Methods for Reducing Motion Blur in Images or Video in Ultra Low Light with Array Cameras” to Molina, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety. In several embodiments of the invention, intermediate images can be formed with pixel values in locations in each image where the pixel values are binned or averaged from corresponding pixels in different images. The intermediate images, which have noise components “averaged out” can then be used in depth calculation.

If the disparity of the object is above a predetermined threshold (440), i.e. is within a predetermined distance from the array camera module, the depth calculated above (830) is accepted as the depth of the object (850). A confidence measure can be given that is based on factors such as lens calibration and/or pixel resolution (the width that a pixel represents based on distance from the camera). The confidence measure can also incorporate information from a confidence map that indicates the reliability of depth measurements for specific pixels as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference above.

If the disparity of the object is below the predetermined threshold (840), then the depth measurement of the object can be refined using a second set of image data from the conventional camera. As discussed further above, a longer baseline between a camera in the array camera module and the conventional camera can provide increased precision, because of increased disparity, when estimating depth to objects further away from the array camera.

A second set of image data is captured (855) using the conventional camera. The object of interest is identified (870) in the second set of image data based upon a variety of techniques that can include those discussed above with respect to identifying the object in the first set of image data or other tracking techniques known in the art. If the system does not assume that the object of interest is visible to the conventional camera, the process can first determine (860) if the object is visible to at least one camera in the second array. Visibility can be determined, for example, by searching for similar pixels as discussed with respect to FIG. 9 in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference above.

A depth measurement is performed (880) on the object using at least a portion of the first set of image data and at least a portion of the second set of image data. The measurement can include determining the disparity between pixel(s) associated with the object of interest in images captured by one or more cameras in the array camera module and corresponding pixel(s) in the image(s) captured by the conventional camera.

Although specific processes are described above for obtaining depth measurements using multiple array cameras, any of a variety of combinations of two or more array cameras can be utilized to obtain depth measurements based upon the disparity observed between image data captured by cameras within the two array cameras can be utilized as appropriate to specific applications in accordance with embodiments of the invention.

A stereo array configuration can be formed in an ad hoc manner using one array camera and changing the position of the array camera module. In many embodiments of the invention, an ad hoc stereo array camera module includes an array camera module capturing an image of a scene in one position, moving the array camera module to a second position, and capturing a second image with the array camera module in the second position. The two sets of images captured in this way can form an ad hoc stereo pair of sets of images. By correlating the features from the two sets of images with each other and internal sensors such as a gyroscope and/or accelerometer in combination with the matched features, the camera extrinsics (such as camera center of projection and camera viewing direction) can be determined. In several embodiments, additional image data can be captured by a conventional camera to provide a combination of stereo image capture and ad hoc stereo.

Unified Parallax Computation

A stereo system provides additional optimization possibilities in computing parallax disparities as compared to a single array camera. Parallax calculations can be performed using processes such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference above. As discussed above with respect to certain embodiments of the invention, parallax calculations can be performed to compute depths using the cameras in an array camera module. In many embodiments, information calculated using the array camera module can be used to accelerate calculation of depths with the conventional camera. For example, in many processes for calculating depth, images are sampled for similar pixels to determine disparity as discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082. When pixels and/or objects have a depth that was already calculated by an array camera module, the search for similar pixels in the image captured by the conventional camera can use the depth information for the same pixel/object as a starting point and/or to limit the search to the “expected” portions of the image as predicted by the existing depth information. In several embodiments, the pixel/object can be correspondingly identified in images captured by the second array such that the existing depths can be applied to the proper pixel/object, even when the corresponding pixel/object is not in the same location within the image(s). In many embodiments, correspondence of pixels/objects is not necessarily determined for part or all of an image, but the depths of each pixel in the first image are used for calculating the depth of the pixel in the same location in the second image.

A process for reusing depth information in accordance with embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 9. The process 900 includes determining (990) if depth was calculated for a pixel using the array camera module. If depth was not calculated, a depth is calculated (992) for the pixel using image data from the array camera module and image data captured by the conventional camera. If depth was estimated for the pixel, a depth is estimated (994) using image data image data from the array camera module and image data captured by the conventional camera taking into consideration the depth information from the array camera module, such as by limiting and/or refining the search for similar pixels as discussed above.

High Resolution Image Synthesis

The image data in low resolution images captured by an array camera module can be used to synthesize a high resolution image using super-resolution processes such as those described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/967,807 entitled “Systems and Methods for Synthesizing High Resolution Images Using Super-Resolution Processes” to Lelescu et al. The disclosure of U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012-0147205 is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. A super-resolution (SR) process can be utilized to synthesize a higher resolution (HR) 2D image or a stereo pair of higher resolution 2D images from the lower resolution (LR) images captured by an array camera module. The terms high or higher resolution (HR) and low or lower resolution (LR) are used here in a relative sense and not to indicate the specific resolutions of the images captured by the array camera.

A stereo array camera configuration can also be used to create a HR image by using the cameras from both arrays. While the relatively large baseline between the array camera module and the conventional camera would result in relatively larger occlusion zones (where parallax effects block some content that is captured in one camera from being captured in another camera), in other visible areas from the array camera module and the conventional camera would enhance the final achieved solution. Preferably, each of the array camera module and the conventional camera is complete in its spectral sampling. In several embodiments, the array camera module utilizes a it color filter pattern so that the image that is synthesized using the cameras in array camera module is devoid of parallax artifacts in occlusion zones. In several embodiments, color filters in individual cameras can be used to pattern the cameras in the array camera module with π filter groups as further discussed in U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/641,165 entitled “Camera Modules Patterned with pi Filter Groups”, to Nisenzon et al. filed May 1, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

High resolution (HR) images can be used to enhance depth measurement using an array camera module and a conventional camera in processes such as those described further above. In several embodiments of the invention, HR images are generated from image data captured by the array camera module and/or the conventional camera. Each HR image can be generated using images captured by cameras in the array or images captured by the array camera module and the conventional camera. The HR images can then be used as image data in processes for generating depth measurement such as those described above. Measurement can be more robust using HR images because it is typically less sensitive to noise. Creating high resolution depth maps in accordance with embodiments of the invention is discussed below.

High Resolution Depth Map

The image data captured by a stereo system can be used to generate a high resolution depth map whose accuracy is determined by the baseline separation between the array camera module and the conventional camera rather than the baselines of the individual cameras within the array camera module. Depth maps can be generated by any of a variety of processes including those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference above. As discussed further above, the accuracy of depth measurement by an array camera module is reduced at further distances from the array. By using images captured by the cameras in the array camera module in a stereo configuration with one or more images captured by the conventional camera, the baseline between the two cameras is significantly increased over the baseline between two cameras in a single array. Accordingly, depth estimation precision with respect to objects observed at distances from the array camera can be increased relative depth estimates made with images captured by the array camera module alone.

Speed Measurement Using Array Cameras

Motion of an object across the field of view of a digital camera can generally be translated into an angular measurement (or angular velocity with elapsed time information) if the pixel size and back focal length are known, within the tolerance of one pixel and the corresponding angular measure of one pixel. At any given distance d from the camera, the angular measure of one pixel uniquely corresponds to a linear measure. Therefore, given a starting and ending location of an object in two dimensional images captured by a digital camera and the starting and ending distance of the object from the camera, the relative starting and ending locations of the object can be determined in three dimensional space. Provided the time elapsed between the images, the speed (or velocity) of the object can also be calculated. Given one start location and one end location, this can be represented as a linear velocity. Given multiple locations over time, the distance between each pair of consecutive locations (i.e. segment) can be determined and the distances of the segments combined to give a total distance. Additionally, a total average speed can be found by dividing the total distance over the time elapsed or by averaging the speed in each segment (distance divided by time elapsed in that segment) over the total time elapsed.

Conventional digital cameras typically capture two dimensional images without the capability of depth/distance measurement and are thus limited to angular measurement of motion. As discussed further above, array camera modules can be used to determine depth by observing the disparity between multiple images that are captured by different cameras in the array. Formulas and techniques for determining distance relative to pixel disparity as in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference above can also be used to determine the linear measure that the width of one pixel corresponds to at a given distance from the camera. In addition, one can calculate the time elapsed between the starting and ending frames simply by counting the number of frames between them and observing the frame rate of video capture of the camera.

In many embodiments of the invention, depth information for an object is combined with an angular measure of the object's position to provide a three-dimensional location for the object. In various embodiments of the invention, depth can be calculated using an array camera module and a conventional camera in a stereo configuration as discussed further above. The three-dimension location of an object in two or more images can be used to calculate a speed and direction of the object. A process for measuring speed using an array camera in accordance with embodiments of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 10. The process 1000 includes determining (1010) image capture settings for active cameras in an array camera module and the conventional camera. Image capture settings can include calibration for nonlinearities or nonconformities in the lenses (e.g., by incorporating scene-independent geometric shifts as appropriate). For example, due to physical characteristics of a lens stack, a pixel that is closer to the center line of a camera may differ in the area of a scene captured by the pixel from a pixel that is farther from the center line.

A first set of image data is captured (1020) using active cameras in the array camera module. Typically, each camera collects image data that can be used to form an image from the point of view of the camera. In array camera modules, often one camera is designated a reference camera and the image data captured by that camera is referred to as being captured from a reference viewpoint. In many embodiments of the invention, depth measurements are made with respect to the viewpoint of the reference camera using at least one other camera (alternate view cameras) within the array.

An object of interest is identified (1030) in the first set of image data. The identification can be based upon a variety of techniques that include, but are not limited to: user input (e.g., selection on a screen), motion activation, shape recognition, and region(s) of interest. The identification can be made in an image generated from the first set of image data from the cameras in the array camera module. For example, the object of interest can be indicated in a preview image generated from the first set of image data or in a reference image from a reference viewpoint that corresponds to a reference camera in the first array. The identification can include selection of a pixel or set of pixels within the image associated with the object.

Using the first set of image data, a first depth measure and a first location are determined (1040) for the object. Techniques for determining the depth of the object can include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference and discussed further above. Depth can be calculated using image data captured by the array camera module and/or conventional camera in a stereo configuration as discussed further above. Using the two-dimensional location of the object in an image (e.g., a reference image) an angular measure can be determined for the location of the object with respect to the camera. Combining the angular measure with the depth measure gives a three-dimensional location of the object with respect to the array camera. Any of a variety of coordinate systems can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the invention to represent the calculated location of the object. In several embodiments of the invention, the centerline of a camera is treated as the origin.

At some time t after the capture of the first set of image data, a second set of image data is captured (1050) using the cameras in the array camera module. In many embodiments of the invention, the same set of cameras utilized to capture the first set of image data are used to capture the second set of image data. In other embodiments, a second set with a different combination of cameras is used to capture the second set of image data.

The object of interest is identified (1060) in the second set of image data. Identification can be based upon a variety of techniques that can include those discussed above with respect to identifying the object in the first set of image data or other tracking techniques known in the art.

Using the second set of image data, a second depth measure and a second location are determined for the object (1070). Depth can be calculated using techniques discussed further above using a single array camera module; or an array camera module and a conventional camera in a stereo configuration. Location can be calculated using techniques discussed further above and can incorporate known information about the location of the conventional camera in relation to the array camera module (e.g., removing parallax effects).

In different scenarios, an array camera module used to capture sets of image data for speed measurement may be stationary (e.g., tripod mounted) or may be in motion (e.g., handheld or panning across a scene). It can also include an array camera module using multiple image captures from slightly different points of view to get the advantage of a larger baseline and a more accurate depth. In several embodiments of the invention, an array camera module is assumed to be stationary and need not compensate for motion of the array. In other embodiments of the invention, an array camera module includes sensors that collect camera motion information (1080) on up to six degrees of movement of the camera, including motion along and rotation about three perpendicular axes. These sensors can include, but are not limited to, inertial sensors and MEMS gyroscopes. Camera motion information that is collected can be used to incorporate motion compensation when calculating the speed and/or direction of an object of interest (i.e., using the camera as a frame of reference). Motion compensation may be appropriate for functions such as stabilization (when there is jitter from slight movements of the camera such as by hand movement) or tracking an object (panning the camera to keep a moving object within the camera's field of view). In further embodiments of the invention, an array camera module is configurable to switch between an assumption that it is stationary (no motion compensation) and that it is moving or moveable (apply motion compensation).

The speed of the object of interest is calculated (1090) using the first location and second location of the object. The direction can also be calculated from the location information, as well as a vector representing the speed and direction of the object.

A confidence measure can be given that is based on factors such as lens calibration and/or pixel resolution (the width that a pixel represents based on distance from the camera). The confidence measure can also incorporate information from a confidence map that indicates the reliability of depth measurements for specific pixels as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 8,619,082 incorporated by reference above.

Additionally, calculating speed in accordance with embodiments of the invention can involve calculating a refined depth measurement using an array camera module and a conventional camera as discussed further above with respect to FIG. 4 or two separate image captures with the same array camera module. The technique of using two different image captures of the same scene with the same array camera module can also be extended to conventional cameras, wherein the conventional camera captures two images from different points of view, and depth and other measurements can be obtained through cross correlation of the images. In further embodiments of the invention, super-resolution processes can be utilized to perform measurements of angular position relative to the reference viewpoint at a higher precision. The super-resolution processes synthesize higher resolution images and the pixels in the synthesized higher resolution image enable measurement of the location of an object relative to an origin point within the image with higher precision. Accordingly, synthesizing a time sequence of higher resolution images using super-resolution processes can facilitate higher precision velocity measurements than measurements obtained using the lower resolution image data captured by the reference camera. Although a specific process for calculating speed is discussed above with respect to FIG. 10, any of a variety of processes for calculating speed can be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the invention. A number of processes that can be utilized to determine the distance at which to focus a camera using depth information obtained by an array of cameras are discussed further below.

Autofocus for a Conventional Camera Using Depth Generated Using Cameras in an Array

As discussed above, the image data from two or more cameras in the array may be used to determine depth information for objects within a scene being captured in the image data. As such, the depth information generated from two or more cameras in the array may be used to determine focus depth that may be used to adjust the actuator of a conventional or first camera to focus the captured image at a desired depth. To do so, some aspects of the system need to be accounted for including, but not limited to, the depth accuracy and depth of field of the array of cameras and the conventional camera; the spatial resolution of the array of cameras as a function of distance to an object; occlusions and field of view of the array of cameras; readout and synchronization of the readout of image data from the cameras in the array and the conventional camera; geometry of the array of cameras; and colocation of a depth map generated for the array camera with a depth map for the conventional camera. A flow diagram of a process for using image data from two or more camera in an array to perform autofocusing of a conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 11.

Process 1100 includes receiving image data from a first camera (1105). In accordance with some embodiments, this image data is a preview stream of the first camera. The process obtains a focus window that is based upon the image data received from the first camera (1110). In accordance with some embodiments, the focus window is a rectangular area. However, the focus window may be any shape depending on the particular embodiment of the invention. In accordance with many embodiments, the focus window is received as an input of the user, such as the user touching a point of interest on a display of a preview stream from the first camera. In several of these embodiments, the focus window may be sized by an automated process, such us (but not limited to) a process that performs object detection in an area specified by the user. In accordance with some other embodiments, the focus window is provided by a process that detects an object such as, but not limited to, the biggest object (area-wise) in the display and sizes the focus window to include one or more detected objects.

The process 1100 determines a focus window for multiple cameras having alternate viewpoints based upon the focus window of the first camera (1115). To do so, the relative geometry between the array of cameras as well as the depth of objects within the focus typically must be known. In accordance with some embodiments, the relative geometry between the array of cameras and the conventional camera is known and the process assumes that the objects within the focus window span the complete range of depths so as not to exclude any pixels potentially belonging to the focus window from the point of view of the array of cameras. Thus, the focus window of the array of cameras is the set of pixels that correspond to pixels within the focus window of the first camera as if the pixels spanned the entire depth range.

Examples of focus windows in the image data from an array of cameras and a conventional camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 13. In FIG. 13, image plane 1305 from a first camera has a focus window 1307 that is a small rectangle and the image plane 1310 from an array camera that has focus window 1312 (based on focus window 1307) that is an elongated rectangle. This elongation occurs in an embodiment where the first camera is horizontally displaced from the array of cameras. One skilled in the art will recognize that different geometric relationships between the first camera and camera array will lead to different dilations of the focus window in the array camera.

Referring back to FIG. 11, the process 1100 obtains image data for the focus window for at least two cameras in the array of cameras (1120). In many embodiments, three or more cameras that are spaced in two dimensions (i.e. do not share a common baseline) are utilized to obtain image data for the focus window. One skilled in the art will understand that most conventional digital cameras use a Phase Detect Autofocus process, which realizes a fast autofocus by reading out only the image data for the focus window. To have the same kind of response, the image data for the focus windows of the two or more cameras of the array camera are read out after the focus window is determined. In accordance with some embodiments, the image data from the two more cameras in the array are sequentially readout row by row and camera by camera where the Nth row of each the two or more cameras is readout and then the Nth+1 row of each of the two or more cameras are read out starting from a minimum row including the focus window to a maximum row including the focus window in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. In accordance with some other embodiments, mechanical limitations of the array of cameras may prevent reading out only a portion of the rows of pixels from the cameras in the array sequentially in which case, all of the image data may be readout from a number of the cameras where the number is greater than two. In accordance with some embodiments, the process may then signal to a depth detection process that the required image data has been readout and is available for use. An example of pixel arrays of cameras in an array with the focus windows is shown in FIG. 12. In a system in accordance with the system shown in FIG. 12, each of the cameras 1205-1208 has a focus window 1220. As such, a row of pixels 1225 within focus window 1220 is first read from camera 1205, then cameras 1206,1207, and 1208 respectively and this readout process is repeated until the focus window maximum row is reached. As can readily be appreciated, alternative row readout and camera readout sequences can be utilized as appropriate to the requirements of specific applications. Furthermore, metadata can be inserted into the image data read out from an array camera module to indicate the camera, row and/or column from which image data is being read out.

Referring again back to FIG. 11, the process 1100 determines depth information from the image data for the focus window from the two or more cameras from the array of cameras (1125). Processes similar to those described above for determining depth information can be used to determine the depth information in some embodiments. However, other processes for determining depth information from the image data from the two more cameras may be used without departing from these embodiments.

The process 1100 translates the depth information for the two or more cameras from the arrays of cameras into depth information for the first camera (1130). Examples of the images of the depth information for a first camera and a reference camera in accordance with an embodiment of the invention are shown in FIG. 13. In FIG. 13, depth image 1315 is an image of the depth information for the first camera after translation from the depth information for the two or more cameras and depth image 1320 is the depth information for the two or more cameras. As is expected in a passive system, the computed depth information of depth image 1320 is sparse with well-defined values at object boundaries. Thus, the depth information for depth image 1315 of the first camera is incorrect as an object (the apple) behind another object (the bottle) is visible through the nearer object (the bottle), which is not possible in reality. This occurs because no regularization has been applied to the depth information during the translation in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. As can readily be appreciated, such artifacts can be addressed using regularization processes.

Referring back to FIG. 11, process 1100 determines the focus depth for the first camera using the depth information for the focus window translated from the depth information for the two or more cameras (1135). In accordance with some embodiments, a histogram of depth values is used to determine the focus depth. In accordance with many other embodiments, the closest depth value is used to account for problems of objects that are not visible by the first camera being represented in the depth information. In accordance with a number of embodiments, the closest depth is only chosen if a number of pixels above a threshold of a predefined number of pixels are present at this depth.

Process 1100 may also determine whether a focus depth could be determined from the information (1140). For example, no depth may have the required number of pixels to be selected in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. If a focus depth cannot be determined, process 1100 uses and/or signals that a conventional autofocus process should be performed to determine the focus depth (1145). After the focus depth is determined, the focus depth can be used to adjust an actuator and/or some other appropriate autofocus mechanism within the first camera to provide the desired focus.

Although specific processes for utilizing alternative viewpoint cameras to obtain image data from which autofocus depths can be determined for use in a main camera are described above with reference to FIGS. 11-13, any of a variety of processes for providing an autofocus function for a conventional camera using depth information obtained using an array of cameras may be utilized as appropriate to the requirements of specific applications in accordance with other embodiments of this invention.

Although the present invention has been described in certain specific aspects, many additional modifications and variations would be apparent to those skilled in the art. It is therefore to be understood that the present invention may be practiced otherwise than specifically described, including various changes in the implementation, without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention. Thus, embodiments of the present invention should be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

Claims

1. An array camera system, comprising: an array camera comprising a plurality of cameras and a separate camera, where: the plurality of cameras capture images of a scene from different viewpoints;the separate camera has a fixed geometric relationship with each of the plurality of cameras in the array camera; andthe separate camera captures an image of the scene from a different viewpoint to the viewpoints of the other cameras in the array camera;a processor; andmemory in communication with the processor storing software;wherein the software directs the processor to: obtain a focus window based upon image data from the separate camera, where: at least one object is detected within an image captured by the separate camera; andthe focus window is a defined region having a set of pixels, where the defined region is within an image captured by the separate camera based upon the location of the at least one object;determine a focus window for the array camera based upon the focus window from the separate camera, where the focus window for the array camera comprises a corresponding set of pixels that corresponds to the set of pixels within the focus window from the separate camera;obtain image data pertaining to the focus window of the array camera from at least two cameras in the plurality of cameras,determine depth information for the focus window of the array camera from the image data from the at least two cameras,colocate the depth information from the focus window of the array camera to the focus window of the separate camera to account for parallax between the separate camera and the plurality of cameras to generate depth information for the focus window of the separate camera,determine a focus depth for the separate camera based upon the depth information for the focus window of the separate camera, andadjust the focus of the separate camera to a desired focus based upon the determined focus depth for the separate camera.
2. The array camera system of claim 1 wherein the focus depth is determined using a histogram of depths in the depth information for the focus window of the separate camera.
3. The array camera system of claim 1 wherein the focus depth is the closest depth to the separate camera in the depth information of the focus window of the separate camera.
4. The array camera system of claim 3 wherein the focus depth is the closest depth in the focus depth information of the focus window of the separate camera that includes a number of pixels that is greater than a threshold of a predefined number of pixels.
5. The array camera system of claim 1 wherein the software further directs the processor to: determine whether the focus depth for the separate camera can be determined from depth information; anddetermine the focus depth for the separate camera using a conventional autofocus process to determine the focus depth in response to a determination that the focus depth cannot be determined from depth information.
6. The array camera system of claim 1 wherein the software directs the processor to obtain the focus window information for the separate camera by: receiving image data from the separate camera; anddetermining the focus window from the image data from the separate camera.
7. The array camera system of claim 6 wherein the focus window is determined by performing object detection on the image data and selecting one or more detected objects.
8. The array camera system of claim 7 where the object detection is performed in an area of the image data input by the user.
9. The array camera system of claim 6 wherein the focus window is determined by an input received from the user.
10. The array camera system of claim 1 wherein the focus window of the array camera is determined by mapping the focus window in the separate camera to the focus window in a reference camera of the array camera while accounting for the parallax between the separate camera and the array camera.
11. The array camera system of claim 1 wherein the colocating of the depth information from the array camera to the depth information for the separate camera occurs in the absence of depth regularization.
12. A method for autofocusing a separate camera in an array camera system including an array camera comprising a plurality of cameras that capture images of a scene from different viewpoints, a separate camera in a fixed geometric relationship with respect to each of the plurality of cameras in the array camera, where the separate camera captures an image of the scene from a different viewpoint to the viewpoints of the other cameras in the array camera; a processor, and memory in communication with the processor storing software, comprising: obtaining a focus window based upon image data from the separate camera using the processor, comprising: detecting at least one object within an image captured by the separate camera; andsetting the focus window as a defined region having a set of pixels, where the defined region is within an image captured by the separate camera based upon the location of the at least one object;determining a focus window for the array camera based upon the focus window from the separate camera using the processor, where the focus window for the array camera comprises a corresponding set of pixels that corresponds to the set of pixels within the focus window from the separate camera,obtaining image data pertaining to the focus window of the array camera from at least two cameras in the plurality of cameras using the processor,determining depth information for the focus window of the array camera from the image data from the at least two cameras using the processor,colocating the depth information from the focus window of the array camera to the focus window of the separate camera to account for parallax between the separate camera and the plurality of cameras to generate depth information for the focus window of the separate camera using the processor,determining a focus depth for the separate camera based upon the depth information for the focus window of the separate camera using the processor, andadjusting the focus of the separate camera to a desired focus based upon the determined focus depth for the separate camera using the processor.
13. The method of claim 12 wherein the focus depth is determined using a histogram of depths in the depth information for the focus window of the separate camera.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein the focus depth is the closest depth to the separate camera in the depth information for the focus window of the separate camera.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the focus depth is the closest depth in the depth information of the focus window of the separate camera that includes a number of pixels that is greater than a threshold of a predefined number of pixels.
16. The method of claim 12 further comprising: determining whether the focus depth for the separate camera can be determined from depth information using the processor; anddetermining the focus depth for the separate camera using a conventional autofocus process to determine the focus depth using the processor in response to a determination that the focus depth cannot be determined from depth information.
17. The method of claim 12 wherein obtaining the focus window information for the separate camera comprises: receiving image data from the separate camera using the processor; anddetermining the focus window from the image data from the separate camera using the processor.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the focus window is determined by performing object detection on the image data and selecting one or more detected objects.
19. The method of claim 18 where the object detection is performed in an area of the image data input by the user.
20. The method of claim 17 wherein the focus window of the separate camera is determined by an input received from the user.
21. The method of claim 12 wherein the colocating of the depth information for the focus window of the array camera to the depth information for the focus window of the separate camera occurs in the absence of depth regularization.
22. The method of claim 12 wherein the focus window of the array camera is determined by mapping the focus window in the separate camera to the focus window in a reference camera of the array camera while accounting for the parallax between the separate camera and the array camera.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The current application is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/593,369, entitled “Array Cameras Including an Array Camera Module Augmented With a Separate Camera” in the name of Venkataraman et al. filed Jan. 9, 2015 which in turn is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/216,968, entitled “Systems and Methods for Stereo Imaging With Camera Arrays” in the name of Venkataraman et al. filed Mar. 17, 2014 published as U.S. Patent Publication 2014/0267633 that claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/798,673, filed Mar. 15, 2013 and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application 62/003,015 filed May 26, 2014 entitled “Array Camera Augmented with External Image Senor (Cyclops)” in the name of Venkataraman et al. The disclosures of these applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

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