Multi-Lens Image Capture Device with Rotating Modules
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image capturing devices, such as cameras, are limited by a single framing lens, which restricts framing width and direction, leading to challenges in capturing images with varying distances and brightness conditions effectively.
Innovation Solution
The image capturing device incorporates a zoom module, a wide-angle module, and a telemeter module, where the zoom module automatically adjusts focal length based on distance detected by the telemeter module, and the wide-angle module captures background images, with a processor combining these to form high-quality, continuous images, reducing the impact of varying distances and brightness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single framing lens is used, then the device structure is simple, but the framing width and direction are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the imaging system into multiple independent lens modules (first lens module, second lens module, third lens module) with different optical characteristics. Each module can capture images in different directions and with different framing widths, allowing the system to overcome the limitations of a single lens while maintaining manageable structural complexity through modular design.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple lens modules are used, then framing width and direction are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple lens modules and imaging sensors into a single integrated device structure. The processing unit combines images from different lens modules to generate final output images, merging the functional capabilities of multiple components into a unified system that achieves enhanced adaptability without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed with multi-functional lens modules that can serve different purposes - the first lens module for normal imaging, the second for wide-angle imaging, and the third for telephoto imaging. Each module is optimized for specific functions but all work together within a single device, allowing the system to handle various framing requirements without requiring separate dedicated devices for each function.
3Measurement precision
If automatic focusing is implemented, then focusing precision is improved, but the response time may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The processing unit is configured to obtain imaging parameters from the telemeter module in advance before actual image capture. By pre-acquiring distance and brightness information, the system can pre-calculate optimal focusing parameters and prepare the lens modules accordingly, reducing the actual focusing response time while maintaining high precision through the use of accurate telemeter data.
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AI summary
An image capture device includes a base, a zoom module, a wide-angle module, and a telemeter module. The wide-angle module captures a background image. The telemeter module detects a distance between a target to be captured and the image capture device. The zoom module is rotatably disposed on the base, and the wide-angle module and the telemeter module are rotatably disposed on the zoom module. The zoom module adjusts focus to capture the target according to the distance and captures a main image. The image capture device combines the main images captured by the zoom module and the background images captured by the wide-angle module to form a series of combination images.