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US 2007/0177025 A1Published application
Method and apparatus minimizing die area and module size for a dual-camera mobile device
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsThomas Kopet, Martin Agan
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Abstract
A mobile device including a first image sensor, an image processor coupled to and residing on the same integrated circuit as the first image sensor, and a second image sensor, wherein the image processor is configured to substantially and separately process images from the first and second image sensors.
Claims34
A multi-camera unit comprising:
- a first image sensor;
- an image processor coupled to and residing on a same integrated circuit as said first image sensor;
- and
- a second image sensor,
- wherein said image processor is configured to substantially and separately process images from said first and second image sensors.
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A mobile communication device comprising:
- at least one communications processor for controlling communications operations of said mobile communication device;
- a first image sensor;
- a second image sensor;
- and
- an image processor coupled to and residing on a same integrated circuit as said first image sensor, and operable to selectively separately process images from said first and second image sensors and supply a processed image for said communication processor.
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A method of operating a dual-camera unit for a mobile device comprising:
- acquiring a first image with a first image sensor;
- processing said first image with an image processor residing on a same integrated circuit as said first image sensor;
- acquiring a second image with a second image sensor;
- and
- processing said second image with said processor.
2 more elements
A method of forming a multi-camera unit comprising:
- providing a first image sensor;
- providing an image processor coupled to and residing on a same integrated circuit as said first image sensor;
- and
- providing a second image sensor,
- wherein said image processor is configured to substantially and separately process images from said first and second image sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.