Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thin multi-aperture imaging system with auto-focus and methods for using same
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Application No.: US16249937Application Date: 2019-01-17
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Publication No.: US10469735B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Gal Shabtay , Noy Cohen , Nadav Geva , Oded Gigushinski , Ephraim Goldenberg
- Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.
- Applicant Address: IL Tel Aviv
- Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Tel Aviv
- Agency: Nathan & Associates
- Agent Menachem Nathan
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- 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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190149721A1 THIN MULTI-APERTURE IMAGING SYSTEM WITH AUTO-FOCUS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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