Systems and methods for an improved camera system using filters for depth estimation of grayscale images
View Patent ↗System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to an improved camera system including directional optics to estimate depth of grayscale images. In one embodiment, the camera system includes a lens that receives light associated with a scene and an inverter that inverts the light from the lens. The camera system also includes a metasurface that resolves an angle of the light from the inverter according to parameters of the metasurface. The camera system also includes a detector that senses the light from the metasurface to form image data by integrating intensity of the light per pixel to estimate depth of an object in the scene.
1. A camera system comprising:
a lens that receives light associated with a scene;
an inverter that inverts the light from the lens;
a metasurface that resolves an angle of the light from the inverter by mitigating planarization according to parameters of the metasurface; and
a detector that senses the light from the metasurface to form image data by integrating intensity of the light per pixel from views associated with the scene that overlap into a representation pattern having features to estimate depth of an object.
2. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the representation pattern is a grayscale pattern associated with the scene, that includes the views of the object that overlap with different focus areas, having an expanded field-of-view, resolved angles and additional depth.
3. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the image data includes the views associated with the object that overlap within the representation pattern utilized for the depth.
4. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the parameters are associated with any one of refracting, filtering, and directing the light per pixel for the depth or a geometry of the metasurface.
5. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the metasurface is composed of a photonic band-gap crystal.
6. The camera system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a processor that forms a spatial point distribution including the object in association with the depth.
7. A camera system comprising:
a lens that receives light associated with a scene;
an inverter that inverts the light from the lens;
a metasurface that resolves an angle of the light from the inverter by mitigating planarization according to parameters of the metasurface;
a detector that senses the light from the metasurface to form image data by combining intensity of the light per area from views associated with the scene that overlap into a representation pattern having features to estimate depth; and
a processor that determines spacing between objects in the scene using the depth.
8. The camera system of claim 7 , further comprising:
the processor forms a grayscale pattern associated with the scene from the representation pattern, that includes the views of the objects that overlap with different focus areas, having an expanded field-of-view, resolved angles, and additional depth.
9. The camera system of claim 7 , wherein the image data includes the views associated with the objects that overlap within the representation pattern utilized for the depth.
10. The camera system of claim 7 , wherein the parameters are associated with any one of refracting, filtering, and directing the light per area for the depth or a geometry of the metasurface.
11. The camera system of claim 7 , wherein the metasurface is composed of a photonic band-gap crystal.
12. The camera system of claim 7 , wherein the features have information for a spatial point distribution including the objects in association with the depth.
13. The camera system of claim 7 , wherein the area corresponds to a section of the metasurface and a group of pixels of the detector associated with the angle.
14. The camera system of claim 7 , further comprising:
the processor forms a spatial point distribution including the objects in association with the depth.
15. A camera system comprising:
a lens that receives light associated with a scene;
a light inverter that inverts the light from the lens;
a resolver that resolves an angle of the light from the light inverter by mitigating planarization according to parameters of the resolver; and
a detector array that senses the light from the resolver to form image data by integrating intensity of the light per pixel from views associated with the scene that overlap into a representation pattern having features to estimate depth of an object.
16. The camera system of claim 15 , wherein the representation pattern is a grayscale pattern associated with the scene, that includes the views of the object that overlap with different focus areas, having an expanded field-of-view, resolved angles and additional depth.
17. The camera system of claim 15 , wherein the image data includes the views associated with the object that overlap within the representation pattern utilized for the depth.
18. The camera system of claim 15 , wherein the parameters are associated with any one of refracting, filtering, and directing the light per pixel for the depth or a geometry of the resolver.
19. The camera system of claim 15 , wherein the resolver is composed of a photonic band-gap crystal.
20. The camera system of claim 15 , further comprising:
a processor that forms a spatial point distribution including the object in association with the depth.