Distributed Multi-Aperture Camera Array

An electronic camera assembly comprising:

• a circuit board;
• and
• a plurality of sensor facets, each sensor facet being coupled to a respective one of a plurality of facet locations on one side of the circuit board, each sensor facet comprising a plurality of sensor pixels, each sensor facet capable of capturing light at a plurality of capture resolutions;
• wherein:
• each sensor facet comprises a selectable capture resolution from the plurality of capture resolutions;
• each sensor facet is individually addressable such that the plurality of sensor facets are configurable to provide heterogeneous capture resolutions;
• and
• each particular facet location is configured to transmit signals from a particular sensor facet that is electrically coupled to the particular facet location to a display, thereby displaying light on the display that corresponds to light captured at a particular selected capture resolution by the particular sensor facet.

A method of manufacturing an electronic camera assembly, the method comprising:

• forming a plurality of facet locations on a flexible circuit board, each facet location corresponding to one of a plurality of sensor facets, the plurality of facet locations arranged into a plurality of facet columns;
• cutting the flexible circuit board into a pattern that permits the flexible circuit board to be later formed into a three-dimensional shape, wherein:
• when the flexible circuit is flat, at least some of the facet locations are separated from one or more adjacent facet locations by a plurality of gaps;
• and
• when the flexible circuit board is formed into the three-dimensional shape, the plurality of gaps are substantially eliminated;
• assembling the electronic camera assembly by coupling a plurality of rigid sensor facets to a first side of the flexible circuit board, each rigid sensor facet being coupled to a respective one of the facet locations;
• and
• forming the assembled electronic camera assembly into the three-dimensional shape.