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AssigneeCorephotonics Ltd.
InventorsGal Shabtay, Ephraim Goldenberg, Eran Kali, Noy Cohen, Gil Avraham, Ruthy Katz
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Digital camera comprising an upright Wide camera configured to provide a Wide image with a Wide image resolution and a folded Tele camera configured to provide a Tele image with a Tele image resolution higher than the Wide image resolution, the Wide and Tele cameras having respective Wide and Tele fields of view FOVW and FOVT and respective Wide and Tele image sensors, the digital camera further comprising a rotating OPFE operative to provide a folded optical path between an object or scene and the Tele image sensor, wherein rotation of the OPFE moves FOVT relative to FOVW. In some embodiments, a rectangular FOVT is orthogonal to a rectangular FOVW. When included in a host device having a user interface that displays FOVT within FOVW, the user interface may be used to position FOVT relative to FOVW, scan FOVT across FOVW and acquire, store and display separate Wide and Tele images, composite Wide plus Tele images and stitched Tele images. The positioning of FOVT within FOVW, can be done automatically (autonomously) by continuously tracking an object of interest.
A method for obtaining a high-resolution image using a dual-aperture camera comprising a Wide camera that provides a Wide image with a Wide resolution and a Wide field of view (FOVW), and a folded Tele camera that provides plurality of Tele images with a Tele resolution higher than the Wide camera resolution and with a Tele field of view (FOVT) smaller than the FOVW, wherein the Wide camera includes a Wide lens with a Wide lens optical axis and a Wide image sensor with a width WW and a height HW, wherein the Tele camera includes a Tele image sensor with a width WT and a height HT, wherein WW>HW and wherein WT>HT, the method comprising:
A dual-aperture camera comprising:
A user interface (UI) for operating a dual-aperture camera, the dual-aperture camera comprising a Wide camera with a Wide field of view (FOVW) and a folded Tele camera with a changeable Tele field of view (FOVT), wherein the Wide camera includes a Wide lens with a Wide lens optical axis and a Wide image sensor with a width WW and a height HW and wherein the Tele camera includes a Tele image sensor with a width WT and a height HT, wherein WW>HW, wherein WT>HT, wherein HT is parallel to the Wide lens optical axis and wherein WW is orthogonal to HT, the UI comprising:
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