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BGR partially confirms the story through its own sources. The phone is expected to be available in Q2 2014.
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Amazon's Smartphone Rumored to Have 6 Camera Modules
Tech-On quotes KGI Securities Investment Advisory (Taiwan) analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicting that the long rumored Amazon's "smartphone will come with six camera modules, four of which will be used for gesture-based control and other user interfaces (UIs) that detect the user's motions. Kuo considers that the cost for procuring the camera modules is US$40-50 per phone."
BGR partially confirms the story through its own sources. The phone is expected to be available in Q2 2014.
BGR partially confirms the story through its own sources. The phone is expected to be available in Q2 2014.
The 4 VGAs must be passive stereo of some sort. Seems like overkill.
ReplyDeletewonder how they connected six cameras to the application processor
ReplyDeleteI assume the there is a stereo ASIC for each pair of stereo cameras, but that still leaves four inputs.
ReplyDeleteStitching data from four VGA cameras in a PLD isn't very hard, even at 60+ fps. Collectively it's still less than 1080p.
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