公开(公告)号：US12231772B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-18

申请号：US18675018

申请日：2024-05-27

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

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

IPC: H04N23/69 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/62 ,  H04N23/667

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：US20240430566A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18827758

申请日：2024-09-08

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

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

IPC: H04N23/67 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/64 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N9/64 ,  H04N23/13 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/84 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N25/13 ,  H04N25/133

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：US20240406558A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18805581

申请日：2024-08-15

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Itamar Azoulai ,  Gal Safra ,  Anat Werbner ,  Ela Yehudayi ,  Paz Ilan ,  Nadav Geva ,  Noy Cohen ,  Gal Shabtay ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Ruthy Katz

IPC: H04N23/68 ,  G02B7/18 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/64 ,  G03B5/00 ,  G03B30/00 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/80 ,  G06T7/80 ,  H04N17/00 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/698 ,  H04N23/81

Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting point of view (POV) aberrations in scanning folded cameras and multi-cameras including such scanning folded cameras. In a Tele folded camera that includes an optical path folding element (OPFE) and an image sensor, the OPFE is tilted in one or two directions to direct the Tele folded camera towards a POV of a scene, a Tele image or a stream of Tele images is captured from the POV, the Tele image having POV aberrations and the POV aberrations are digitally corrected to obtain an aberration-corrected image or stream of images.

公开(公告)号：US11991444B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US18505263

申请日：2023-11-09

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

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

IPC: H04N23/67 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/64 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N9/64 ,  H04N23/13 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/84 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N25/13 ,  H04N25/133

CPC classification number: H04N23/67 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/646 ,  H04N5/2628 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N9/64 ,  H04N23/13 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N25/133 ,  H04N25/134 ,  H04N23/843

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：US20230328374A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18333575

申请日：2023-06-13

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

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

IPC: H04N23/67 ,  H04N23/13 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N25/133 ,  H04N25/13 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/64 ,  H04N5/262 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N9/64

CPC classification number: H04N23/67 ,  H04N23/13 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/55 ,  H04N23/951 ,  H04N25/133 ,  H04N23/843 ,  G02B7/36 ,  G02B27/646 ,  H04N5/2628 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N9/64 ,  H04N25/134

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：US11770609B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17600341

申请日：2021-05-15

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Noy Cohen ,  Gal Shabtay ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Nadav Geva ,  Udi Yakir ,  Sagi Habani ,  Dolev Danino

IPC: H04N23/67 ,  H04N23/69 ,  H04N23/698 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G03B13/36 ,  G06T7/50

CPC classification number: H04N23/67 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G03B13/36 ,  G06T7/50 ,  H04N23/69 ,  H04N23/698

Abstract: Systems comprising a Wide/Ultra-Wide camera, a folded Tele camera comprising an optical path folding element and a Tele lens module, a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to object-lens distances between 3.0 cm and 35 cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1, and an application processor (AP), wherein the AP is configured to analyze image data from the UW camera to define a Tele capture strategy for a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane slightly shifted from one captured Macro image to another and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence, and wherein the focus plane and a depth of field of the new Macro image can be controlled continuously.

公开(公告)号：US11689708B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US17771047

申请日：2020-12-27

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Oded Gigushinski ,  Nadav Geva ,  Guy Lifshitz

IPC: H04N13/25 ,  G06T7/593 ,  H04N13/243 ,  H04N23/66 ,  H04N23/698

CPC classification number: H04N13/25 ,  G06T7/593 ,  H04N13/243 ,  H04N23/66 ,  H04N23/698 ,  G06T2207/10016

Abstract: Multi-aperture zoom digital cameras comprising first and second scanning cameras having respective first and second native fields of view (FOV) and operative to scan a scene in respective substantially parallel first and second planes over solid angles larger than the respective native FOV, wherein the first and second cameras have respective centers that lie on an axis that is perpendicular to the first and second planes and are separated by a distance B from each other, and a camera controller operatively coupled to the first and second scanning cameras and configured to control the scanning of each camera.

公开(公告)号：US11637977B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-25

申请号：US17375299

申请日：2021-07-14

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Nadav Geva ,  Michael Scherer ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Gal Shabtay

IPC: H04N5/369 ,  H04N13/271 ,  G06T7/593 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N13/207

Abstract: Indirect time-of-flight (i-ToF) image sensor pixels, i-ToF image sensors including such pixels, stereo cameras including such image sensors, and sensing methods to obtain i-ToF detection and phase detection information using such image sensors and stereo cameras. An i-ToF image sensor pixel may comprise a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel including a photodiode, a single microlens covering the plurality of sub-pixels and a read-out circuit for extracting i-ToF phase signals of each sub-pixel individually.

公开(公告)号：US11527006B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-13

申请号：US17712074

申请日：2022-04-02

Applicant: Corephotonics Ltd.

Inventor： Nadav Geva ,  Paz Ilan ,  Oded Gigushinski ,  Ephraim Goldenberg ,  Gal Shabtay

IPC: G06T7/593 ,  G06T7/80 ,  H04N13/246

Abstract: Methods for stereo calibration of a dual-camera that includes a first camera and a second camera and system for performing such methods. In some embodiments, a method comprises obtaining optimized extrinsic and intrinsic parameters using initial intrinsic parameters and, optionally, initial extrinsic parameters of the cameras, estimating an infinity offset e using the optimized extrinsic and extrinsic parameters, and estimating a scaling factor s using the optimized extrinsic and extrinsic parameters and infinity offset parameter e, wherein the optimized extrinsic and extrinsic parameters, infinity offset e and scaling factor s are used together to provide stereo calibration that leads to improved depth estimation.

公开(公告)号：US10917576B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US16704266

申请日：2019-12-05

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.