Dual sensor camera

This invention describes a camera system that uses two separate image sensors, each with its own lens. One lens provides a wide view, and the other provides a narrower, more zoomed-in view. The system then combines the images from both sensors by digitally enlarging the wide-view image and shrinking the narrow-view image, following a specific mathematical relationship between their fields of view and the scaling factors, to create a single, enhanced picture.

Why it matters: Filed before multi-camera systems and advanced computational photography became standard in consumer devices. The processing power and software libraries needed for efficient image fusion and scaling are now widely available, making implementation more practical.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: ModerateSoftware logic, image processing, optical alignment

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