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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Walter M. Marcinkiewicz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Toby J. Bowen, Durham, NC (US);
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Walter M. Marcinkiewicz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Toby J. Bowen, Durham, NC (US);
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Abstract
A camera assembly for generating high resolution photograph includes a sensor assembly that has two regions of different effective resolution. Image data from multiple images that are captured with the sensor assembly are combined to generate output image data in the form of a high resolution picture. A first region of the sensor is used to capture image data for the images that are combined. A second region, that is of higher effective resolution than the first region, is used to capture image data for use in aligning the image data from the plural images prior to combination.