US Patent 9860456 Bayer-clear image fusion for dual camera

The embodiments described herein perform image infusion on Bayer image data that is coordinated with Clear image data captured with a dual camera. A first image sensor of the dual camera captures a Bayer image, while a second sensor captures a Clear image, where the first sensor and the second sensor are synchronized to capture the images at the same time. Some embodiments generate a relational mapping of Clear luma channel data extracted from the Clear image to Bayer luma channel data extracted from the Bayer image data, and use the relational mapping to generate multiple de-noised luma representations associated with the Bayer image. The multiple de-noised luma representations are then selectively merged together to generate a resultant image that retains a high signal-to-noise radio (SNR) and reduces artifacts obtained by the image processing.