SMOOTH CAMERA TRANSITION

Continuous and Smooth Zoom for Images and Videos

We are all used to zooming

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.

Image quality

Image quality testing
UI/UX testing
Testing benchmark design and integration

Camera hardware

Compact Lens design
Micro electro-mechanical systems for zoom, auto-focus, optical image stabilization
Diverse actuator technologies and control systems
Environmental and reliability testing in preparation for ultra high volume Manufacturing

Computer Vision

Deep Computer Vision models for: scene understanding, object detection and recognition and tracking; classification; depth analysis
Stereo vision and depth mapping
Image fusion
Dynamic multi aperture calibration
Heterogeneous computing (MT CPU, GPU, DSP, unified-memory architecture)
Mobile camera software architecture
UI/UX design for camera applications