Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-camera system using folded optics
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Application No.: US15183043Application Date: 2016-06-15
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Publication No.: US09838601B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Todor Georgiev Georgiev , Thomas Wesley Osborne , Sergiu Radu Goma
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G02B13/16 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N7/18 ; G06T3/40 ; G02B13/00 ; H04N5/247 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/262

Abstract:
Described herein are methods and devices that employ a plurality of image sensors to capture a target image of a scene. As described, positioning at least one reflective or refractive surface near the plurality of image sensors enables the sensors to capture together an image of wider field of view and longer focal length than any sensor could capture individually by using the reflective or refractive surface to guide a portion of the image scene to each sensor. The different portions of the scene captured by the sensors may overlap, and may be aligned and cropped to generate the target image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160295112A1 MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEM USING FOLDED OPTICS Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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