Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for operating multiple cameras for digital photography
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Application No.: US16704982Application Date: 2019-12-05
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Publication No.: US11412136B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Hamid R. Sheikh , Youngjun Yoo , John Seokjun Lee , Michael O. Polley
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/262 ; H04N5/222 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/341

Abstract:
A method includes, in a first mode, positioning first and second tiltable image sensor modules of an image sensor array of an electronic device so that a first optical axis of the first tiltable image sensor module and a second optical axis of the second tiltable image sensor module are substantially perpendicular to a surface of the electronic device, and the first and second tiltable image sensor modules are within a thickness profile of the electronic device. The method also includes, in a second mode, tilting the first and second tiltable image sensor modules so that the first optical axis of the first tiltable image sensor module and the second optical axis of the second tiltable image sensor module are not perpendicular to the surface of the electronic device, and at least part of the first and second tiltable image sensor modules are no longer within the thickness profile of the electronic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200186710A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING MULTIPLE CAMERAS FOR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Public/Granted day:2020-06-11
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