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Application processor for disparity compensation between images of two cameras in digital photographing apparatus

  • US 10,616,549 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2018
  • Issued: 04/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An application processor comprising:

  • an input/output (I/O) interface configured to receive a user input including a zoom factor; and

    a central processor configured to;

    while a first image of a scene acquired from a first camera of a photographing apparatus is displayed, the first camera being disposed at a first position and having a first angle of view, receive from the I/O interface a signal indicative of a first zoom factor greater than a minimum zoom factor of a switchover region, and in response generate a control signal so that a current first image acquired by the first camera is digitally zoomed to generate a zoomed first image, and a second image of at least a portion of the scene is acquired by a second camera disposed at a second position of the photographing apparatus and having a narrower angle of view, the second image being acquired by the second camera according to the first zoom factor substantially simultaneously with the acquiring of the first image by the first camera;

    generate one or more third images, which are virtually acquired at one or more third positions between the first position and the second position, using the zoomed first image and the second image, and cause the one or more third images to be sequentially displayed after the displaying of the first image; and

    if the zoom factor becomes a maximum zoom factor of the switchover region, cause a current second image acquired by the second camera according to the maximum zoom factor to be displayed.

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