Patent ID: 9568713
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03B,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of operating a camera device including at least seven optical chain modules, at least four of the seven optical chain modules having different filters, the method comprising: operating a first optical chain module including a first autofocus drive, a first multi-megapixel sensor, and a multicolor filter including a red filter element, a green filter element and a blue filter element to capture a multicolor image for preview purposes, said multicolor filter filtering light passing through a first opening of said first optical chain module; presenting, on a display of a device, the multicolor image captured by the first optical chain module including the multicolor filter as a preview image; controlling separate autofocus drives in a plurality of additional separate optical chain modules in response to user input received while said preview image is displayed, said plurality of additional separate optical chain modules being located in said camera device around said first optical chain module, said additional separate optical chain modules including: wherein said plurality of additional separate optical chain modules includes: i) two optical chain modules having a red filter ii) two optical chain modules having a green filter; and iii) two optical chain modules having a blue filter; and