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Samsung patents method to process images from mixed camera sensors

Samsung has filed a patent for a system that converts raw data from different types of camera color filters into standard images. The method identifies the specific filter type, uses a matching encoder to process the data, and combines the results to create a final red, green, and blue image.

Why it mattersThis could allow future devices to combine data from multiple different camera sensors more effectively, potentially improving image quality in complex setups.

In the filing’s own words

A method for demosaicing of images captured using different types of color filter arrays (CFA)in a device are provided. The method includes receiving an input CFA data comprising one or more CFA images from one or more CFAs, determining a CFA type associated with each CFA image of the one or more CFA images using a CFA identification module, identifying, for each CFA image, a CFA-specific encoder from an encoder pool based on the determined CFA type, encoding each CFA image using the identified CFA-specific encoder to generate a latent embedding corresponding to each CFA image, processing the latent embedding of each CFA image using the common central core to generate core latent embeddings, and generating a linear red, green, blue (RGB) image by decoding the core latent embeddings using a decoder.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for demosaicing of images captured using different types of color filter arrays (CFAs) in a device, the method comprising: receiving an input CFA data comprising one or more CFA images from one or more CFAs; determining a CFA type associated with each CFA image of the one or more CFA images using a CFA identification module; identifying, for each CFA image, a CFA-specific encoder from an encoder pool based on the determined CFA type; encoding each CFA image using the identified CFA-specific encoder to generate a latent embedding corresponding to each CFA image; processing the latent embedding of each CFA image using a central core to generate core latent embeddings; and generating a linear red, green, blue (RGB) image by decoding the core latent embeddings using a decoder.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEMOSAICING OF IMAGES CAPTURED USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLOR FILTER ARRAYS
Publication number
US20260320737A1
Application number
19684380
Filed
May 21, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
18

Classified under

G06T 3/4015 Physics & computingH04N 23/843 Electricity & electronicsH04N 25/134 Electricity & electronics
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