CAMERA APPLICATIONS IN A HANDHELD DEVICE
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recording first and second visual images, comprisinga handheld electronic device having a camera system, the camera system comprising:
- a first lens with a fixed first field of view and a second lens with a fixed second field of view smaller than the first field of view; and
at least one optical sensor to sense a first image provided by the first lens and to sense a second image provided by the second lens;
wherein the device is to record the first image and the second image.
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Abstract
A hand held device containing at least one camera can perform various functions. In some embodiments, digitized images taken with two or more camera lenses having different fixed focal lengths may be combined to emulate a high-resolution optical zoom, and may also permit the device to perform 3D applications. In other embodiments, a device containing a camera may perform as a bar code reader, and may wirelessly transmit and/or visually present a bar code to other devices. Movable optics may permit the same camera to focus on either distant objects or on a close-up bar code.
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1. An apparatus for recording first and second visual images, comprising
a handheld electronic device having a camera system, the camera system comprising: -
a first lens with a fixed first field of view and a second lens with a fixed second field of view smaller than the first field of view; and at least one optical sensor to sense a first image provided by the first lens and to sense a second image provided by the second lens; wherein the device is to record the first image and the second image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of recording first and second visual images, comprising:
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receiving a first visual image provided by a first lens having a fixed first field of view; and receiving a second visual image provided by a second lens having a fixed second field of view smaller than the first field of view, wherein the second visual image is a subset of the first visual image. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article comprising
a computer-readable storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in performing operations comprising: -
receiving a first visual image provided by a first lens having a fixed first field of view; and receiving a second visual image provided by a second lens having a fixed second field of view smaller than the first field of view, wherein the second image is a subset of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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