CAMERA PAIR USING FLUID BASED LENSES

摘要

According to the present invention, there is provided an electronic device (100) comprising a first and second lens (110, 120) for capturing a first and second part of an image respectively. Each lens (110; 120) comprises a chamber (5) enclosing a first fluid (A) and an electrically susceptible second fluid (B), said fluids (A; B) being immiscible, being separated by an interface (14) and having different refractive indices, the chamber (5) further carrying a plurality of electrodes (2a; 2a') oriented in parallel with an optical path (1 ) through the chamber (5) for controlling the shape of the interface (14). First and second image sensing means (130, 132, 134) are present for respectively sensing the first and second part of the image, and a data processor (140) is coupled to the first and second image sensing means (130, 132, 134) for extracting information from the first part and the second part of the image, e.g. from the overlap between the first part and the second part. First and second driving means (150, 160) coupled between the data processor (140) and the first and second lens (110, 120) respectively are present for individually controlling the electrodes (2a; 2a'; 12) of the first and the second lens (110, 120) in response to the data processor (140). Consequently, an electronic device is obtained that can obtain image information such as depth estimation more quickly and more cheaply than known electronic devices.