Patent Document ID: 8542287
Application ID: 12727973
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A camera, comprising: a first sensor that captures a first image; a first lens that directs light to the first sensor, the first lens having a first focal length and having an f-number; a second sensor that captures a second image; and a second lens that directs light to the second sensor, the second lens having a second focal length that is longer than the first focal length and having an f-number substantially equal to that of the first lens, the second lens also having been designed to work with extended depth of field (EDoF) processing by the introduction of specified aberrations into the image formed on the second sensor; and wherein the second image is subsequently subjected to EDoF processing to focus the second image; the combination of the first sensor and the first lens are substantially aligned with the combination of the second sensor and the second lens to allow each to be directed toward the same subject; the first and second images are combined together to form a single combined image with the second image forming a central portion of the single combined image and a peripheral portion of the first image forming a peripheral portion of the single combined image; the combining of the first and the second images includes up-sampling the first image and down-sampling the second image; and the first image is sharpened after the up-sampling.