Image capture using a hinged device with multiple cameras

A method for a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

• coupling a first part of a housing and a second part of the housing by a hinge;
• including a first display in the first part and including a second display in the second part;
• configuring the hinge to permit the first and second displays to rotate between angular orientations from a face-to-face angular orientation to a back-to-back angular orientation;
• mounting one or more sensor devices in the housing;
• configuring the one or more sensor devices to measure a relative angular displacement between the first and second parts of the housing;
• mounting a first camera in the first part of the housing;
• mounting a second camera in the second part of the housing;
• mounting a processor in the housing;
• configuring the processor to process images captured by the first and second cameras according to a selected function of a plurality of available functions based upon the relative angular displacement measured by the one or more sensor devices to obtain one or more processed images;
• and
• subsequently displaying the one or more processed images on at least one of the first and second displays.

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a housing having a first part and a second part coupled by a hinge, the first part including a first display and the second part including a second display, wherein the hinge is configured to permit the first and second displays to rotate between angular orientations from a face-to-face angular orientation to a back-to-back angular orientation;
• one or more sensor devices mounted in the housing and configured to measure a relative angular displacement between the first and second parts of the housing;
• a wide field of view sensor mounted in the housing and configured to define a plurality of tracking points that determine a spatial orientation of the device;
• one or more inertial measurement units configured to measure a magnitude and a direction of acceleration in relation to standard gravity to sense an orientation of the respective parts of the housing;
• one or more cameras mounted in the housing;
• and
• a processor mounted in the housing, wherein the processor is configured to:
• process input from the one or more sensor devices and the one or more inertial measurement units to define a hinge gesture that determines a camera function from a plurality of available functions, and
• process images captured by the one or more cameras according to the determined camera function using data from the wide field of view sensor, wherein
• the processed images are subsequently displayed on at least one of the first and second displays.