公开(公告)号：US11599007B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17846203

申请日：2022-06-22

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gal Shabtay ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Eran Kali ,  Noy Cohen ,  Gil Avraham ,  Ruthy Katz

IPC: G03B3/06 ,  G03B17/17 ,  H04N3/08 ,  G02B26/10 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/58 ,  H04N23/63 ,  H04N23/69 ,  H04N23/90 ,  H04N23/951 ,  G02B13/06 ,  H04N23/67

Abstract: Devices disclosed herein feature a Wide camera with a Wide field of view (FOVw), a folded Tele camera with a Tele field of view (FOVT) smaller than the FOVw and including an optical path folding element (OPFE). The device may be configured to rotate the OPFE to thereby shift FOVT relative to FOVw in response to recognition of an object or subject of interest detected in FOVw or FOVT. The device can have high resolution in this overlapping FOV either by fusing the Wide and Tele images or by capturing and saving the Tele image.

公开(公告)号：US20230056609A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17971565

申请日：2022-10-22

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Gil Bachar ,  Itay Jerby ,  Itay Yedid ,  Yonatan Mandel ,  Gal Shabtay ,  Noy Cohen

IPC: G02B27/64 ,  G02B13/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: Voice coil motor (VCM) actuators for rotating an optical path folding element (OPFE) over an extended scanning range relative to a scanning/rotation range needed for optical image stabilization (OIS).

公开(公告)号：US20230022168A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17957206

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gal Shabtay ,  Noy Cohen ,  Nadav Geva ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Ephraim Goldenberg

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N9/04 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/64 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/33 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US20230008641A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17947515

申请日：2022-09-19

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gal Shabtay ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Noy Cohen

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G02B13/00 ,  G02B27/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220407998A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17895089

申请日：2022-08-25

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gil Bachar ,  Gal Shabtay ,  Noy Cohen ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Ruthy Katz ,  Anat Leshem Gat ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Nadav Geva

IPC: H04N5/225 ,  G02B13/00 ,  G02B27/10 ,  H04N5/33

Abstract: Multi-cameras in which two sub-cameras share a camera aperture. In some embodiments, a multi-camera comprises a first sub-camera including a first lens and a first image sensor, the first lens having a first optical axis, a second sub-camera including a second lens and a second image sensor, the second lens having a second optical axis, and an optical element that receives light arriving along a third optical axis into the single camera aperture and splits the light for transmission along the first and second optical axes.

公开(公告)号：US11470257B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US17126202

申请日：2020-12-18

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gal Shabtay ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Noy Cohen

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G02B13/00 ,  G02B27/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US11470235B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US15930487

申请日：2020-05-13

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gal Shabtay ,  Noy Cohen ,  Nadav Geva ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Ephraim Goldenberg

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N9/04 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/64 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/33 ,  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.

公开(公告)号：US20220272268A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17742848

申请日：2022-05-12

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Noy Cohen ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Nadav Geva ,  Gal Shabtay ,  Ester Ashkenazi ,  Ruthy Katz ,  Ephraim Goldenberg

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220210343A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17276376

申请日：2020-06-09

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Anat Leshem Gat ,  Ruthy Katz ,  Omri Levi ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Yiftah Kowal ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Gal Shabtay ,  Noy Cohen ,  Michael Scherer

IPC: H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: Systems, imaging devices and methods for creating background blur in camera panning or motion. Using an imaging device with an image sensor, a method may comprise selecting an object to be tracked in a scene, recording an image or an image stream, and aligning the selected object optically and/or digitally to a same position on the image sensor while the selected object moves relative to the imaging device or relative to the scene, thereby creating a blurred image background and/or foreground relative to the selected object and a sense of panning or motion.

公开(公告)号：US11287081B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US16975723

申请日：2019-12-25

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Gil Bachar ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Noy Cohen ,  Yiftah Kowal

IPC: F16M11/20 ,  F16M11/12 ,  G05D3/12 ,  G12B5/00 ,  G01B7/00 ,  G12B9/08 ,  G05B1/06 ,  F16M11/04 ,  F16M11/18 ,  G01D5/14 ,  G02B7/18 ,  G03B17/56 ,  F16M11/06

Abstract: Rotation mechanisms for rotating a payload in two, first and second degrees of freedom (DOF), comprising a static base, a first rotation arm coupled mechanically to the static base through a first rotation joint and used for rotating the payload relative to the static base around a first rotation axis that passes through the first rotation joint, a second rotation arm coupled mechanically to the static base through a second rotation joint and used for rotating the payload relative to the static base around a second rotation axis that passes through the second rotation joint, and a follower member rigidly coupled to the payload and arranged to keep a constant distance from the second rotation arm, wherein the rotation of the first arm rotates the payload around the first DOF and the rotation of the second arm rotate the payload around the second DOF.