Patent ID: 7619685

Claim:
An optical recording apparatus for a wireless electronic equipment, comprising: an infrared recording device configured to receive light in the infrared spectrum and record data according to the received infrared light; a color recording device configured to receive light in the visible spectrum and record data according to the received visible light; an interface device configured to receive the recorded data from the infrared recording device and/or the color recording device and to forward the received data to a processing device; an opaque housing having an opening therein; an integrated chip disposed within the housing and comprising the interface device, the first image sensor and the second image sensor; and a space separator disposed within the housing and configured to separate a space within the housing between the color recording device and the infrared recording device; wherein the infrared recording device comprises a first image sensor configured to record light in the infrared spectrum and a first focusing device configured to focus light onto the image sensor, and wherein the color recording device comprises a second image sensor configured to record light in the visible spectrum, a second focusing device configured to focus the light onto the color image sensor, and an infrared cut off filter configured to filter light in the infrared spectrum.