Dual aperture zoom camera with video support and switching / non-switching dynamic control
US10917576B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/667
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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