IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20110050911A1
• Filed: 12/07/2009
• Published: 03/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LO, CHIH-PING, LEE, HOU-HSIEN, LEE, CHANG-JUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/631,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20110050911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.1
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 37/04 with cameras or projectors providing touching or overlapping fields of view
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 41/00 Special techniques not covered by groups G03B31/00 - G03B39/00; Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/60 Control of cameras or camera modules

Abstract

A method for capturing images includes setting a capturing mode and a monitor time of a plurality of lenses of an image capturing device, controlling each lens to capture images at the same time when the monitor time arrives. The method further captures a plurality of images based on different focal lengths or from different angles at the same time, and sends the plurality of images to a monitor computer.

Claims

1. An image capturing device for capturing images, the image capturing device comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses are aligned on a same plane or a same curved surface, and focal lengths of each of the plurality of lenses are different.

2. The image capturing device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of lenses on the same curved surface are aligned in a cylindrical mode or a spherical mode.

3. The image capturing device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of lenses of the image capturing device are aligned cylindrically in the cylindrical mode.

4. The image capturing device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of lenses of the image capturing device are aligned spherically in the spherical mode.

5. A method for capturing images, comprising:

providing an image capturing device comprising a plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses are aligned on a same plane or a same curved surface, and focal lengths of each of the plurality of lenses are different;

setting a capturing mode and a monitor time of the plurality of lenses;

controlling each lens of the image capturing device to capture images at the same time when the monitor time arrives; and

capturing a plurality of images based on different focal lengths or from different angles at the same time by the plurality of lenses of the image capturing device.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

sending the plurality of images to a monitor computer.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of lenses on the same curved surface are aligned in a cylindrical mode or a spherical mode.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of lenses of the image capturing device are aligned cylindrically in the cylindrical mode.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of lenses of the image capturing device are aligned spherically in the spherical mode.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein controlling each lens of the image capturing device to capture images at the same time comprises:

capturing images with different focal lengths by each lens of the image capturing device at the same time if the plurality of lenses of the image capturing device are aligned on the same plane; and

capturing images with different focal lengths from different angles by each lens of the image capturing device at the same time if the plurality of lenses are aligned on the same curved surface.