Patent ID: 7195164
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G06K,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computing device comprising: a first imaging engine integrating in a single unit separate and apart from said computing device at least one illumination source and an image sensor for impinging an image thereon and outputting a first plurality of signals corresponding to the image impinged on the image sensor; a second imaging engine integrating in a single unit separate and apart from said computing device at least one illumination source and an image sensor for impinging an image thereon and outputting a second plurality of signals corresponding to the image impinged on the image sensor; switching circuitry for operatively switching between the first and second imaging engines; a processor for controlling the switching circuitry for receiving one of the first and second plurality of signals; and an automatically focusing lens assembly for automatically controlling movement of at least one lens of a lens assembly of at least one of the imaging engines.