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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Gintsburg, Haifa, IL;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for tiltable camera modules. In one aspect, the tiltable camera module may be sequentially tilted through a range of positions to capture multiple images in different orientations. The images may then be combined to form a single composite image with a higher resolution and wider field of view than the individual images captured by the camera module. By including components which tilt a sensor assembly within a camera module, a simple camera module having a fixed field of view can be operated in a way that approximates features of a more complex camera module, and the operation of more complex camera modules can be further enhanced.