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公开(公告)号:US10469735B2
公开(公告)日:2019-11-05
申请号:US16249937
申请日:2019-01-17
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Noy Cohen , Nadav Geva , Oded Gigushinski , Ephraim Goldenberg
IPC: H04N5/232 , H04N5/225 , H04N9/04 , G02B7/36 , H04N5/262 , H04N5/33 , H04N9/64 , G02B27/64 , H04N9/09
Abstract: Dual-aperture digital cameras with auto-focus (AF) and related methods for obtaining a focused and, optionally optically stabilized color image of an object or scene. A dual-aperture camera includes a first sub-camera having a first optics bloc and a color image sensor for providing a color image, a second sub-camera having a second optics bloc and a clear image sensor for providing a luminance image, the first and second sub-cameras having substantially the same field of view, an AF mechanism coupled mechanically at least to the first optics bloc, and a camera controller coupled to the AF mechanism and to the two image sensors and configured to control the AF mechanism, to calculate a scaling difference and a sharpness difference between the color and luminance images, the scaling and sharpness differences being due to the AF mechanism, and to process the color and luminance images into a fused color image using the calculated differences.
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公开(公告)号:US20190230291A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-25
申请号:US16368222
申请日:2019-03-28
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Ephraim Goldenberg , Oded Gigushinski , Noy Cohen
Abstract: A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to combine in still mode at least some of the Wide and Tele image data to provide a fused output image from a particular point of view, and to provide without fusion continuous zoom video mode output images, each output image having a given output resolution, wherein the video mode output images are provided with a smooth transition when switching between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value or vice versa, and wherein at the lower ZF the output resolution is determined by the Wide sensor while at the higher ZF value the output resolution is determined by the Tele sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20190158753A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-23
申请号:US16241505
申请日:2019-01-07
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Noy Cohen , Oded Gigushinski , Nadav Geva , Gal Shabtay , Ester Ashkenazi , Ruthy Katz , Ephraim Goldenberg
CPC classification number: H04N5/23296 , H04N5/2258 , H04N5/23216 , H04N5/23245
Abstract: A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to output, in a zoom-in operation between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value, a zoom video output image that includes only Wide image data or only Tele image data, depending on whether a no-switching criterion is fulfilled or not.
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公开(公告)号:US20190149721A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-16
申请号:US16249937
申请日:2019-01-17
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Noy Cohen , Nadav Geva , Oded Gigushinski , Ephraim Goldenberg
IPC: H04N5/232 , H04N9/64 , H04N5/33 , H04N9/09 , H04N5/225 , G02B27/64 , H04N5/262 , H04N9/04 , G02B7/36
CPC classification number: H04N5/23212 , G02B7/36 , G02B27/646 , H04N5/2258 , H04N5/23232 , H04N5/2628 , H04N5/33 , H04N9/045 , H04N9/09 , H04N9/64
Abstract: Dual-aperture digital cameras with auto-focus (AF) and related methods for obtaining a focused and, optionally optically stabilized color image of an object or scene. A dual-aperture camera includes a first sub-camera having a first optics bloc and a color image sensor for providing a color image, a second sub-camera having a second optics bloc and a clear image sensor for providing a luminance image, the first and second sub-cameras having substantially the same field of view, an AF mechanism coupled mechanically at least to the first optics bloc, and a camera controller coupled to the AF mechanism and to the two image sensors and configured to control the AF mechanism, to calculate a scaling difference and a sharpness difference between the color and luminance images, the scaling and sharpness differences being due to the AF mechanism, and to process the color and luminance images into a fused color image using the calculated differences.
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公开(公告)号:US20190104258A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-04
申请号:US16121049
申请日:2018-09-04
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Noy Cohen , Gal Shabtay , Ephraim Goldenberg , Gil Bachar
Abstract: Methods for obtaining a shallow depth of field effect (DOF) and improved signal-to-noise (SNR) in an image through synthetically increase the camera aperture of a compact camera using at least one actuator included in such a camera for other known purposes, for example for providing optical image stabilization (OIS). The synthetically enlarged camera aperture enables to take a plurality of images at different aperture positions. The plurality of images is processed into an image with shallow DOF and improved SNR.
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公开(公告)号:US10230898B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-12
申请号:US15324720
申请日:2016-06-26
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Noy Cohen , Oded Gigushinski , Nadav Geva , Gal Shabtay , Ester Ashkenazi , Ruthy Katz , Ephraim Goldenberg
Abstract: A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to output, in a zoom-in operation between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value, a zoom video output image that includes only Wide image data or only Tele image data, depending on whether a no-switching criterion is fulfilled or not.
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公开(公告)号:US20180278832A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US15982446
申请日:2018-05-17
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Noy Cohen , Nadav Geva , Oded Gigushinski , Ephraim Goldenberg
Abstract: Dual-aperture digital cameras with auto-focus (AF) and related methods for obtaining a focused and, optionally optically stabilized color image of an object or scene. A dual-aperture camera includes a first sub-camera having a first optics bloc and a color image sensor for providing a color image, a second sub-camera having a second optics bloc and a clear image sensor for providing a luminance image, the first and second sub-cameras having substantially the same field of view, an AF mechanism coupled mechanically at least to the first optics bloc, and a camera controller coupled to the AF mechanism and to the two image sensors and configured to control the AF mechanism, to calculate a scaling difference and a sharpness difference between the color and luminance images, the scaling and sharpness differences being due to the AF mechanism, and to process the color and luminance images into a fused color image using the calculated differences.
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公开(公告)号:US10015408B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-03
申请号:US15424853
申请日:2017-02-05
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Ephraim Goldenberg , Oded Gigushinski , Noy Cohen
CPC classification number: H04N5/23296 , G02B13/0015 , G02B13/009 , G02B27/0075 , H04N5/225 , H04N5/2258 , H04N5/2259 , H04N5/23212 , H04N5/23232 , H04N5/23245
Abstract: A dual-aperture zoom digital camera operable in both still and video modes. The camera includes Wide and Tele imaging sections with respective lens/sensor combinations and image signal processors and a camera controller operatively coupled to the Wide and Tele imaging sections. The Wide and Tele imaging sections provide respective image data. The controller is configured to combine in still mode at least some of the Wide and Tele image data to provide a fused output image from a particular point of view, and to provide without fusion continuous zoom video mode output images, each output image having a given output resolution, wherein the video mode output images are provided with a smooth transition when switching between a lower zoom factor (ZF) value and a higher ZF value or vice versa, and wherein at the lower ZF the output resolution is determined by the Wide sensor while at the higher ZF value the output resolution is determined by the Tele sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US20170126959A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-04
申请号:US15407271
申请日:2017-01-17
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Noy Cohen , Nadav Geva , Oded Gigushinski , Ephraim Goldenberg
CPC classification number: H04N5/23212 , G02B7/36 , G02B27/646 , H04N5/2258 , H04N5/23232 , H04N5/2628 , H04N5/33 , H04N9/045 , H04N9/09 , H04N9/64
Abstract: Dual-aperture digital cameras with auto-focus (AF) and related methods for obtaining a focused and, optionally optically stabilized color image of an object or scene. A dual-aperture camera includes a first sub-camera having a first optics bloc and a color image sensor for providing a color image, a second sub-camera having a second optics bloc and a clear image sensor for providing a luminance image, the first and second sub-cameras having substantially the same field of view, an AF mechanism coupled mechanically at least to the first optics bloc, and a camera controller coupled to the AF mechanism and to the two image sensors and configured to control the AF mechanism, to calculate a scaling difference and a sharpness difference between the color and luminance images, the scaling and sharpness differences being due to the AF mechanism, and to process the color and luminance images into a fused color image using the calculated differences.
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公开(公告)号:US20240414280A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-12
申请号:US18808006
申请日:2024-08-18
Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
Inventor: Nitzan Horovitz , Yoav Kurtz , Adi Falik , Omri Levi , Ruthy Katz , Michael Scherer , Noy Cohen , Oren Zohar
Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining a seamless, smooth transition between a Wide field of view (FOV) camera and a scanning Tele camera by correcting prism aberrations, matching Tele and Wide FOVs, localizing the associated Tele FOV. and zooming a Wide frame towards the localized Tele FOV.
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