We are all used to zooming in and out before snapping a picture in order to get the framing right, and to zooming in when recording a video in order to highlight the most important part of the scene. When we pinch-to-zoom using our camera app, we are used to a natural, continuous zooming experience, similar to a true optical zoom experience on a DSLR.
With Corephotonics’ dual camera optical zoom, the user experience is the same, but dramatically better: zooming in with Corephotonics’ zoom dual camera gives users the same smooth, fluid experience they are used to, but instead of digitally zooming in, both cameras are used to provide optical zoom quality.
Corephotonics’ software library smoothly transitions from one camera to the other, avoiding a noticeable “switch” or “jump”, which is evident in competing solutions. The software analyzes the frames from both cameras, corrects for assembly inaccuracies and for color and luminance mismatches, accounts for imperfect optics and takes care of parallax. It also supports optical and electronic image stabilization (EIS).
For every frame in the video stream, the output frame from the library, On (x,y) , is calculated as a combination of the wide frame, Wn (x,y) , and the tele frame, Tn (x,y) , according to the following formula:
On (x,y)=αn (n,x,y,zf…) Pn {Wn (x,y)}+(1-α(n,x,y,zf…)) Qn {Tn (x,y)}
The transformations Pn {…} and Qn {…} warp the input frames according to a projective transformation, and function α(…) c controls how the frames are combined. Together, they guarantee smooth transition when zooming in.
The Corephotonics libraries optimize image quality for video recording and for preview, while keeping the camera native high frame rate (from 30fps to 120fps) and maintaining lowest power consumption.
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