US 11,695,896 B2
Synthetically enlarged camera aperture
Noy Cohen, Tel-Aviv (IL); Gal Shabtay, Tel-Aviv (IL); Ephraim Goldenberg, Ashdod (IL); and Gil Bachar, Tel-Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Corephotonics Ltd., Tel Aviv (IL)
Filed by Corephotonics Ltd., Tel-Aviv (IL)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/165,324.
Application 17/165,324 is a continuation of application No. 16/121,049, filed on Sep. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,951,834.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/567,287, filed on Oct. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0168037 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Prior Publication US 2023/0171368 A9, Jun. 1, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 5/2621 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01); H04N 23/75 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising: in a camera that includes a camera aperture, an image sensor and an actuator,
operating the actuator to move the camera aperture relative to the image sensor to a plurality of different aperture positions;
capturing a plurality of images, wherein each image of the plurality of images is captured at a respective different camera aperture position; and
processing the plurality of images into a single image that exhibits a shallow depth of focus effect.