Patent Document ID: 20140036112
Application ID: 14046655
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A camera operated by a user, comprising: a sensor that captures an image; a first lens that can direct light to the sensor, the first lens having a first focal length, wherein the combination of the sensor and first lens has a first field of view; a second lens that can direct light to the sensor, the second lens having a second focal length that is shorter than the first focal length, wherein the combination of the sensor and second lens has a second field of view, wherein the combination of the first field of view and the second field of view comprises a field of view that is greater than the first field of view; and a zoom control operable by the user to allow the user to request a desired field of view to produce a zoomed image; wherein the first and second lenses can be moved relative to the sensor into one of multiple different positions so that the sensor can receive light passing through the first lens including the first field of view and light passing through the second lens including the second field of view at various focal distances; wherein the combination of the sensor and the first lens are substantially aligned with the combination of the sensor and the second lens to allow the camera to focus from a same focus distance at said first field of view through said first lens according to said first focal length and at said greater second field of view through said second lens according to said second focal length, respectively; wherein the zoomed image comprises the image focused to the sensor from the first lens if the requested field of view is substantially equal to the first field of view, the zoomed image is produced from the image focused to the sensor from the first lens by cropping and interpolating the image focused to the sensor from the first lens if the requested field of view is within but less than the first field of view, and wherein the zoomed image comprises the image focused to the sensor from the second lens if the requested field of view is substantially equal to the second field of view, and the zoomed image is produced from the image focused to the sensor from the second lens by cropping and interpolating the image focused to the sensor from the second lens if the requested field of view is within but less than the second field of view.