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OptiML Zoom

The OptiMLTM Zoom solution eliminates all the drawbacks of traditional zoom technologies while significantly advancing what is possible in a mobile device. It combines a unique lens design with specialized algorithms to enable true 3X optical zoom capabilities - without moving parts. This translates to a smaller, more cost efficient solution that is both easier to manufacture and more reliable, making it ideal for any type of mobile device.

The OptiML Zoom solution is based on a fixed focus lens designed to distort an image in a controlled manner, to provide variable magnification across the image sensor. It utilizes oversampling in the sensor periphery to increase the resolution in the center of the image. Because the magnification of the central image portion has been made by the solution’s optics assembly, and not by a digital interpolation, the magnified output image has higher resolution with respect to a standard digitally zoomed image. The result is true optical magnification without loss of detail.

The OptiML Zoom solution also offers superior low-power continuous zoom capabilities and significantly improved low-light performance.