Patent ID: 9549115
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. A mobile device, comprising: a lens to receive light reflected by an object; a red-green-blue (RGB) image sensor to receive the light via the lens; a voice coil motor (VCM) mechanically coupled to the lens to move the lens relative to the RGB image sensor; a prism array having a plurality of prism elements to receive the light reflected by the object; a panchromatic image sensor to receive light reflected from the object and refracted through the prism array, wherein the prism array is positioned between the object and the panchromatic image sensor; at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions; and at least one processor that accesses the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor executes the computer-executable instructions to: wherein a second image of the object is captured by the RGB image sensor after the lens is displaced.