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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Sheaufoong Chong, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Xiaodong Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sheaufoong Chong, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Xiaodong Luo, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04M 1/72555 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 2007/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image overlay in a mobile device is described. In one embodiment an imaging system of a mobile communications device includes a first camera having a control interface to a controller and a data interface to the controller, a second camera having a data interface to the first camera, and a processor to combine an image from the second camera received through the second camera data interface with an image from the first camera and to send the combined image to the controller through the data interface.