Patent ID: 8675085

Claim:
A camera, comprising: a common image lens through which a scene image passes; a first visible image capture path having a first lens to focus a visible first part of the scene image at a first focus on a first focal plane at a magnification by moving the first lens and capture the first part of the scene using a first visible image sensor; a second visible image capture path at least in part separate from the first image capture path and having a second lens to focus a second visible part of the scene image adjacent (horizontally side by side) to the first part at a second focus on a second focal plane at a different distance from the camera than the first focal plane at the magnification by moving the second lens at a same time as the first lens focuses on the first part and capture the second part of the scene using a second visible image sensor at a same time as the first part of the scene is captured; and a combiner combining the first part of the scene at the first focus at an adjacent (horizontally side-by-side) position with the second part of the scene at the second focus to produce a visible output image with adjacent (horizontally side-by-side) first and second parts.