Camera phone using multiple lenses and image sensors to provide an extended zoom range

A camera phone for processing voice signals and producing output image signals of a scene, said camera phone comprising:

• a phone stage for generating voice signals;
• a first image sensor for generating a first sensor output;
• a first fixed focal length wide angle lens for forming a first image of the scene on the first image sensor;
• a second image sensor for generating a second sensor output;
• a second fixed focal length telephoto lens pointing in the same direction as the first lens and forming a second image of the same scene on the second image sensor;
• a control element for selecting either the first sensor output from the first image sensor or the second sensor output from the second image sensor, thereby providing a selected sensor output;
• a processing section for producing the output image signals from the selected sensor output;
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• a cellular stage for processing the image and voice signals for transmission over a cellular network.