Array camera shutter
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorMats Wernersson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shutter blade arrangement (134) for an array camera (100) comprising an array (130) of lenses (131). The shutter blade arrangement (134) comprises: at least one shutter blade (200), an array of openings (201) on said shutter blade (200), and an actuator (160) to control the at least one shutter blade (200), and wherein the at least one shutter blade (200) and said array of lenses (131) are displaceable relative each other.
Claims17
A shutter blade arrangement for use in an array camera having an array of lenses, the shutter blade arrangement comprises:
- at least one shutter blade,
- an array of openings on said shutter blade, and
- an actuator to control the at least one shutter blade, and
- wherein the at least one shutter blade and said array of lenses are displaceable relative each other.
A method in an array camera of a wireless device for adjusting an array camera setting, the method comprising the steps of:
- displacing at least one shutter blade comprising a number of openings corresponding to a number of camera lenses by actuating an actuator.
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An array camera comprising:
- a shutter blade arrangement,
- an array of lenses,
- an array of photo sensing means configured to generate data signals corresponding to received image signals,
- at least one shutter blade,
- an array of openings on said shutter blade,
- an actuator unit to control the at least one shutter blade, and
- wherein the at least one shutter blade and said array of lenses are displaceable relative each other and the shutter blade arrangement comprises at least one filter holder frame configured with at least one opening comprising a filter configured to cover at least one of the lenses in said array of lenses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.