Multi-Camera Mobile Device Wide-Angle Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices are limited in their ability to capture wide-angle photographs, often resulting in cut-off subjects or landscapes due to their restricted field of view, and wide-angle lenses used to address this issue introduce image distortion.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a mobile electronic device equipped with multiple cameras, allowing for simultaneous image capture and merging of overlapping images to create a wider-angle photograph, with the option to activate or deactivate cameras and use various lenses for different photographic needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a wide-angle lens is used to capture a greater viewing area, then the field of view is improved, but image distortion occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the imaging system into multiple separate camera modules, each with its own lens and sensor. Instead of using a single wide-angle lens that causes distortion, the system segments the field of view into multiple standard-lens cameras positioned at different locations on the device, capturing separate images that are then stitched together to form a comprehensive wide-angle photograph without the distortion inherent in single wide-angle lenses.
2Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras are used to capture wider images, then the field of view is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple standard-lens camera images into a single composite wide-angle photograph through image stitching algorithms. The device integrates multiple camera modules, processors, and software components that work together to capture separate images simultaneously or sequentially and merge them into a seamless panoramic or wide-angle image, thereby achieving an expanded field of view while managing the complexity through integrated system design.
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AI summary
Exemplary embodiments of a mobile electronic device with multiple cameras are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided comprising a mobile electronic device having a first side and a second opposing side, a first camera on the first side of the mobile electronic device, and a second camera on the first side of the mobile electronic device, wherein the first camera is configured to obtain a first image and the second camera is configured to obtain a second image simultaneously, wherein the second image partially overlaps the first image, and wherein the mobile electronic device merges the first image and the second image to create an image which comprises at least a portion of the first image and the second image.