Canon multi-view camera patent is pending, as far as I can understand from the patent the camera will give you Depth-of-Field control like Lytro camera, wide range of perspective control, excellent noise control, resolution conversion, HDR, distance estimation like a Rangefinder.
Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature The patents below are translated via Google Translator.
- Patent Publication No. 2014-110442
- Publication date 2014.6.12
- Filing date 2012.11.30
- Canon patents
- Multi-lens camera concentrically arranged an imaging device and a plurality of lenses
- I do light field, angle of view changes, perspective changes, noise reduction, resolution conversion, HDR, distance estimation, the disparity estimation
- Patent Publication No. 2014-110443
- Publication date 2014.6.12
- Filing date 2012.11.30
- Canon patents
- I provided a handle to the multi-lens camera
- Parameter change in the rotation of the handle
- Patent Publication No. 2014-110444
- Publication date 2014.6.12
- Filing date 2012.11.30
- Canon patents
- I reduce the number of the imaging lens element than the number of multi-lens camera
- By the rotation of the optical unit, to select a specific lens
Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM Lens finally announced, the 55-200mm is first zoom lens announced by Canon for its mirrorless system. The lens features built-in optical image stabilization to fight with camera shake, STM motor do quite AF and best for recording videos without the AF noise, the most important factor is the compactness of the 55-200mm lens and it weighs 206gm only.
