Granted Patent B2

US 12,395,733 · App. 18/937,103 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Inventors: Noy Cohen (Tel Aviv, IL); Gal Shabtay (Tel Aviv, IL); Ephraim Goldenberg (Tel Aviv, IL); Nadav Geva (Tel Aviv, IL); Udi Yakir (Tel Aviv, IL); Sagi Habani (Tel Aviv, IL); Dolev Danino (Tel Aviv, IL)

Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.

H04N23/67G02B3/14G03B13/36G06T7/50H04N23/69H04N23/698

Abstract

Claims (23)

1. A camera system, comprising:

a Tele camera having a Tele lens with a plurality of N lens elements divided into a first lens element group and a second lens element group, a Tele field-of-view (FOV T ) and an effective focal length (EFL) in the range of 7 mm to 20 mm;

an actuator operable to focus the Tele camera to a distance or a set of distances in the range between 10 cm and 35 cm, wherein focusing is performed by moving the second lens element group relative to the first lens element group; and

an application processor (AP) configured to capture an object with the Tele camera in a sequence of Macro images captured with a focus plane shifted from one captured Macro image to another captured Macro image, and configured to generate from the sequence of captured Macro images a new Macro image, wherein the camera system is included in a mobile electronic device.

2. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein N=6.

3. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the sequence of Macro images is captured by shifting the focus plane a step away from the Tele camera and by shifting the focus plane a step towards the Tele camera.

4. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device has a screen operational to receive a user command and wherein the mobile device is operational to transmit the user command to the AP.

5. The camera system of claim 4 , wherein the user command is new Macro image having a larger depth of field than any Macro image of the sequence of Macro images.

6. The camera system of claim 4 , wherein the user command is a new Macro image where all parts of the object are in focus.

7. The camera system of claim 4 , wherein the user command is transmitted when showing a preview video stream of Macro images to a user.

8. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the new Macro image includes image data of between 2 and 5 Macro images of the sequence of Macro images.

9. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the new Macro image includes image data of more than 5 Macro images of the sequence of Macro images.

10. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the new Macro image includes image data of a single Macro image.

11. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein an object-to-image magnification is in a range between 1:5 and 25:1.

12. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the AP is configured to analyze image data captured by the Tele camera to define a capture strategy for capturing the object.

13. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the AP is configured to analyze phase detection auto-focus (PDAF) image data to define a capture strategy for capturing the object.

14. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the AP is configured to use a depth map to define a capture strategy for capturing the object.

15. The camera system of claim 10 , wherein the single Macro image is automatically selected by analyzing the focus stack for the sharpest image.

16. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the AP is configured to generate the new Macro image with the object entirely in-focus.

17. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the Tele camera is an upright non-folded camera.

18. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device further includes a Wide camera having a Wide field-of-view (FOV W ) larger than FOV T .

19. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device is a smartphone.

20. The camera system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device is a tablet.

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