ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,435, issued on July 15, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Mobile zoom using multiple prime cameras" was invented by Claus Molgaard (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Iain A. McAllister (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include methods and/or systems for using multiple cameras to provide optical zoom to a user. Some embodiments include a first camera unit of a multifunction device capturing a first image of a first visual field. A second camera unit of the multifunction device simultaneously captures a second image of a second visual field. In some embodiments, the first camera unit includes a first...