Sony PS3 : PlayStation Eye camera lens

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Sony PS3 : PlayStation Eye camera lens

#1 Post by MichaelG. » Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:02 pm

Does anyone have any details of the optical design of the PS3 lens ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Eye#Camera

This is fixed focus, but switchable between two acceptance angles [therefore, two focal lengths]
http://emoc.org/materiel/camera_sony_ps_eye/FOV-1.pdf

There are two physically different versions of the lens, but both perform the same trick.
… I am intrigued

MichaelG.
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The best I have found so far is this Fuji patent for a similar concept:
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/ ... P1770425A1
Too many 'projects'

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