The subject matter disclosed herein relates in general to panoramic images and in particular to methods for obtaining such images with multi-cameras (e.g. dual-cameras).
Multi-aperture cameras (or multi-cameras) are becoming the standard choice of mobile device (e.g. smartphone, tablet, etc.) makers when designing cameras for their high-ends devices. A multi-camera setup usually comprises a wide field-of-view (FOV) (or “angle”) aperture (“Wide” or “W” camera), and one or more additional lenses, either with the same FOV (e.g. a depth auxiliary camera), with a narrower FOV (“Telephoto”, “Tele” or “T” camera, with a “Tele FOV” or FOVT) or with Wide FOV (FOVW) or ultra-wide FOV (FOVUW) (“Ultra-Wide” or “UW” camera).
In recent years, panoramic photography has gained popularity with mobile users, as it gives a photographer the ability to capture a scenery and its surroundings with very large FOV (in general in vertical direction). Some mobile device makers have recognized the trend and offer an ultra-wide-angle (or “ultra-Wide”) camera in the rear camera setup of a mobile device such as a smartphone. Nevertheless, capturing scenery with a single aperture is limiting, and image stitching is required when a user wishes to capture a large FOV scene.
A panoramic image (or simply “regular panorama”) captured on a mobile device comprises a plurality of FOVW images stitched together. The W image data is the main camera data used for the stitching process, since by having a FOVW, the final (stitched) image (referred to as “Wide panorama”) consumes less memory than that required for a Tele camera-based panorama (“Tele panorama”) capturing the same scene. Additionally, the W camera has a larger depth-of-field than a T camera, leading to superior results in terms of focus. In comparison with an ultra-W camera, a W camera also demonstrates superior results in terms of distortion.
Since a Wide panorama is limited by the Wide image resolution, the ability to distinguish between fine details, mainly of far objects, is limited. A user who wishes to zoom in towards an object of interest (OOI) or region of interest (ROI) within the panorama image, i.e. to perform digital zoom, will notice a blurred image due to Wide image resolution limits. Moreover, the panoramic image may be compressed to an even lower resolution than the Wide image resolution in order to meet memory constraints.
There is need and it would be beneficial to combine the benefits of a panorama image having a very large FOV and of Tele images having large image resolution.
To increase the resolution of OOIs, the disclosure provides systems and methods for obtaining a “smart panorama”. A smart panorama described herein comprises a Wide panorama and at least one Tele-based image of an OOI captured simultaneously. That is, a smart panorama refers to an image data array comprising (i) a panorama image as known in the art and (ii) a set of one or more high-resolution images of OOIs that are pinned or located within the panorama FOV. While the panorama is being captured, an additional process analyzes the W camera FOVW scene and identifies OOIs. Once an OOI is identified, the “best camera” is chosen out of the multi-camera array. The “best camera” selection may be between a plurality of cameras, or it may be between a single Tele camera having different operational modes such as different zoom states or different points of view (POVs). The “best camera” selection may be based on the OOI's object size, distance from the camera etc., and a capture request to the “best camera” is issued. The “best camera” selection may be defined by a Tele capture strategy such as described below. In some embodiments with cameras that have different optical zoom states, the “best camera” may be operated using a beneficial zoom state. In other embodiments with cameras that have a scanning FOV, the “best camera” may be directed towards that OOI.
Note that a method disclosed herein is not limited to a specific multi-camera and may be used for any combination of cameras as long as the combination consists of at least two cameras with a FOV ratio different than 1.
In current multi-camera systems, the FOVT is normally in the center part of the FOVW, defining a limited strip where interesting objects that have been detected trigger a capture request. A Tele camera with a 2D scanning capability extends the strip such that any object detected in the scanning range could be captured, i.e. provides “zoom anywhere”. Examples of cameras with 2D scanning capability may be found in co-owned international patent applications PCT/IB2016/057366, PCT/IB2019/053315 and PCT/IB2018/050988.
Tele cameras with multiple optical zoom states can adapt the zoom (and FOVT) according to e.g. size and distance of OOIs. Cameras with that capability may be found for example in co-owned US international patent applications No. PCT/IB2020/050002 and PCT/IB2020/051405.
The panorama being displayed to the user may include some differentiating element marking the area of the panorama where high resolution OOI image information is present. Such a differentiating element marking may include, for example, a touchable rectangle box. By touching the box, the full resolution optically zoomed image will be displayed, allowing the user to enjoy both the panoramic view and the high-resolution zoom-in view.
In various embodiments there are provide handheld mobile electronic devices, comprising: a Wide camera for capturing Wide images, each Wide image having a respective FOVW; a scanning Tele camera (STC) for capturing Tele images, each Tele image having a respective native Tele field of view (n-FOVT) smaller than FOVW, wherein the STC is configured to scan with the native FOVT within FOVW; and a processor configured to capture the Tele images autonomously, to apply a particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images that depends on an analysis of Wide image data, and to personalize the particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images according to a preference of a particular user.
In some embodiments, the processor is additionally configured to capture the Wide images autonomously.
In some embodiments, the particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images is defined by manual training by the particular user.
In some embodiments, the particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images is defined automatically.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to define the particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images based on a past behaviour of the particular user.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to define the particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images based on user content of the particular user stored in an image gallery.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to define the particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images based on gaze tracking of a gaze of the particular user.
In some embodiments, the Wide image data analysis provides a personalized saliency map based on Wide image data.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to compare the captured Tele images to captured Wide images for deciding whether a respective Tele image is stored, discarded, or re-captured.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to compare captured Wide images with the captured Tele images for deciding whether a respective Wide image is stored, discarded, or re-captured.
In some embodiments, the Tele and/or Wide images are included in video streams of respective Tele and/or Wide images.
In some embodiments, a Wide image is selected to be output to a user from a video stream of Wide images that includes a scene similar to a scene included in a particular Tele image.
In some embodiments, a video stream including Wide and Tele images is composed that continuously zooms into a scene, wherein the video stream uses Wide images for video stream sequences showing a low zoom factor and Tele image for video stream sequences showing a low zoom factor.
In some embodiments, the STC is a continuous zoom camera, configured to switch to a suitable zoom state that depends on the Wide image data analysis.
In some embodiments, the personalized particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images according to a preference of a particular user includes a strategy based on face and/or person recognition and/or identification in the Wide and/or STC image data.
In some embodiments, the capturing of the Tele images includes sequentially capturing objects that require similar focus settings. To minimize a capture period duration.
In some embodiments, the personalization according to a particular user preference includes defining particular objects that are of high value for the particular user.
In some embodiments, the particular objects are persons.
In some embodiments, the particular objects are animals.
In some embodiments, the processor configuration to apply a particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images that depends on the Wide image data analysis includes a configuration to use a tracking algorithm to apply the particular strategy.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to crop a Tele image.
In some embodiments, the Tele image is cropped according to an aesthetic criterion.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to use a motion model that predicts a future movement of the handheld device.
In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to use a motion model that predicts a future movement of an object within the FOVW.
In some embodiments, the FOVT scanning is performed by rotating one optical path folding element.
In some embodiments, the FOVT scanning is performed by rotating two or more optical path folding elements.
In some embodiments, a handheld device as above or below further comprises an Ultra-Wide camera for capturing Ultra-Wide images, each Ultra-Wide image having a respective Ultra-Wide field of view (FOVUW), wherein a particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images depends on analysis of Ultra-Wide image data. In some such embodiments, the STC is configured to scan with the native FOVT within FOVUW.
In various embodiments, there is provided a method, comprising: providing an electronic handheld device that includes a Wide camera for capturing Wide images, each Wide image having a respective Wide field of view (FOVW), a scanning Tele camera (STC) for capturing Tele images, each Tele image having a respective Tele field of view (FOVT) smaller than FOVW, wherein the STC is configured to perform FOVT scanning within FOVW, and a processor; and configuring the processor to capture the Tele images autonomously, using a particular strategy that depends on a Wide image data analysis, wherein a particular strategy for the autonomous capturing of the Tele images is personalized according to a particular user's preferences.
Non-limiting examples of embodiments disclosed herein are described below with reference to figures attached hereto that are listed following this paragraph. The drawings and descriptions are meant to illuminate and clarify embodiments disclosed herein and should not be considered limiting in any way. Like elements in different drawings may be indicated by like numerals. Elements in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. In the drawings:
Regular panorama images can be captured with vertical or horizontal sensor orientation. The panorama capturing direction could be either left-to-right or right-to-left and can comprise any angle of view up to 360 degrees. This capturing is applicable to spherical, cylindrical or 3D panoramas.
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In some embodiments, the FOV scanning of the T camera may be performed by means other than OPFE actuation. In some embodiments, the FOV scanning of the T camera may be performed not by actuating one OPFE, but by actuating two or more OPFEs. A scanning T camera that performs FOV scanning by actuating two OPFEs is described for example in co-owned U.S. provisional patent application No. 63/110,057 filed Nov. 5, 2020. In such cases, Tele camera 402 may include two OPFEs (not shown).
In some embodiments, first calibration data may be stored in a first memory 416 of the T camera, e.g. in an EEPROM (electrically erasable programmable read only memory). In other embodiments, first calibration data may be stored in a third memory 452, which may be a non-volatile memory (NVM).
Handheld device 400 further comprises a Wide (W) camera 420 with a FOVW larger than the FOVT of T camera 402. W camera 420 may comprise a second lens module 422 that forms an image recorded by a second (W) image sensor 424. A second lens actuator 426 may move lens module 422 for focusing and/or for OIS. In some embodiments, handheld device 400 may further include an Ultra-Wide camera.
Handheld device 400 may further comprise an application processor (AP) 430. Application processor 440 comprises a T image signal processor (ISP) 432 and a W image ISP 434. Application processor 430 further comprises a Real-time module 436 that includes a salient ROI extractor 438, an object detector 440, an object tracker 442 and a camera controller 444. Application processor 440 further comprises a panorama module 448 and a smart panorama module 450.
In some embodiments, the first calibration data may comprise calibration data between sensors of W camera 420 and T camera 402. In some embodiments, second calibration data may be stored in a second memory 428. In some embodiments, the second calibration data may be stored in third memory 452. The second calibration data may comprise calibration data between sensors of a W module 420 and the T module 402. The T module may have an effective focal length (EFL) of e.g. 8 mm-30 mm or more, a diagonal FOV of 10 deg-40 deg and a f number of about f/#=1.8-6. The W module may have an EFL of e.g. 2.5 mm-8 mm, a diagonal FOV of 50 deg-130 deg and f/#=1.0-2.5.
In use, a processing unit such as AP 430 may receive respective Wide and T image data from cameras 402 and 420 and supply camera control signals to cameras 402 and 420.
Salient ROI extractor 438 may calculate a saliency map for each W image. The saliency maps may be obtained by applying various saliency or salient-object-detection (SOD) algorithms, using classic computer vision methods or neural networks models. Examples to saliency methods can be found in datasets known in the art such as the “MIT Saliency Benchmark” and the “MIT/Tuebingen Saliency Benchmark”. Salient ROI extractor 438 also extracts salient Regions-Of-Interest (ROIs) and may contain the OOIs discussed above. For each salient object (or ROI), a surrounding bounding box is defined which may include a scene segment and a saliency score. The saliency score may be used to determine the influence of an object on future decisions as described in later steps. The saliency score is selected as a combination of parameters that reflect object properties, for example the size of the object and a representation of the saliency scores in each object.
In some embodiments, object detector 440 may detect objects in the W image simultaneously with the calculation of the saliency map and may extract and provide a semantic understanding of the objects in the scene. The extracted semantic information may be considered in calculating the saliency score.
In other embodiments, object detector 440 may detect objects in the W image after calculation of the saliency map. Object detector 440 may use only segments of the W image, e.g. only segments that are classified as saliency ROIs by salient ROI extractor 438. Object detector 440 may additionally provide a semantic understanding of the ROIs wherein the semantic information may be used to re-calculate the saliency score.
Object detector 440 may provide data such as information on an ROI's location and classification type to an object tracker 442, which may update camera controller 444 on the ROI's location as well as to the camera controller 444. Camera controller 444 may consider capturing a ROI in dependence of particular semantic labels or of a ROI's location (e.g. for considering hardware limitation such as a limited Tele FOV coverage of the Wide FOV) within the Wide FOV or of a saliency score above a certain threshold etc.
Panorama module 448 may stitch a plurality of W images to a panorama image as known in the art. Smart panorama module 450 matches the high-resolution ROIs to their corresponding locations on the panorama image and to an image selection module (not shown) that selects the T images that are to be used in the smart panorama image.
Camera controller 444 may select or direct the T camera to capture the ROIs according to different Tele capture strategies for providing a best user experience. For providing a best user experience, camera controller 444 may provide a “best camera” mode according to different Tele capture strategies, e.g. by selecting a suitable ZF or by directing the native FOVT towards a ROI within the FOVT.
In some examples, a “best user experience” may refer to T images of ROIs that provide information on OOIs in highest resolution (Tele capture “strategy example 1” or “SE 1”), and a respective Tele capture strategy that provides this may be selected. However, in other examples a best user experience may be provided by strategy examples such as:
The Tele capture strategies may be defined respectively for providing a best user experience and respective best camera mode. According to the Tele capture strategy, camera controller 444 may adjust the settings of the T camera, e.g. with respect to a selected zoom factor, to a selected f number, to a POV that the scanning camera may be directed to, etc. Other techniques described herein such as the calculation of a saliency map or the application of a motion model or the use of an object tracking algorithm may be used or adapted e.g. by modifying settings to implement a particular Tele capture strategy.
In some embodiments, camera controller 444 may decide to capture a ROI that is a sub-region of an OOI that exceeds the native FOVT boundaries. Such objects may be referred to as “large” objects. When a “large” object is selected, salient ROIs extractor 438 may calculate an additional saliency map on the segment of the Wide FOV that contains the large object. The saliency map may be analysed, and the most visually attentive (or “interesting”, “salient”) sub-region of the large object may be selected to be captured by the T camera. For example, the sub-region may replace the large object data in following calculation steps. Camera controller 444 may direct a scanning T camera towards the sub-region for capturing it.
Smart panorama module 450 may decide whether to save (capture) or discard a T image, e.g. smart panorama module 464 may save only the “best” images out of all T images captured. The best images may be defined as images that contain the largest amount of salient information. In other embodiments, the best images may include particular objects that may be of high value for the individual user, e.g. particular persons or animals Smart panorama module 450 may be taught automatically (e.g. by a machine learning procedure) or manually by the user to decide which ROIs are to be considered best images. In yet other embodiments, the best image or images may be an image captured with a particular zoom factor, or a plurality of images including a ROI each, wherein each ROI may be captured with a particular zoom factor or some other property, e.g. so that the images of the ROIs which are formed on the image sensor may have a particular size, or a particular spectroscopic or colour composition range, or with a minimum degree of focus or defocus, or a particular brightness range, or a particular scene characteristics that may be visual data such as texture. In some embodiments, smart panorama module 450 may verify that newly captured images have FOVs that do not overlap with previously saved (i.e. already selected) images.
In some embodiments for autonomous STC image capture, smart panorama module 450 may analyse W image data for defining a personalized autonomous capture strategy, i.e. a strategy that is adapted to the preferences of a particular user, e.g. to preferred persons, animals or objects like cars. An AP module like smart panorama module 450 may be configured to autonomously capture Wide images. Alternatively or in addition, another AP module like camera controller 444 may be configured to autonomously capture STC images. In some examples, a first personalized autonomous capture strategy example (PASE) (PASE 1) may be defined by a human user. An autonomous capture strategy may be implemented by configuring salient ROI extractor 438 to prioritize particular objects that are of high value for a particular user, and calculate a personalized saliency map based on Wide image data accordingly. In some examples, algorithms for detecting and/or recognizing and/or identifying faces and/or persons and/or objects may be used. For example, in some initial training step, the user may teach the device his priorities by indicating which objects are more desired or less desired for being captured with the STC, and salient ROI extractor 438 may be configured accordingly. In a second example (“PASE 2”), the device may be taught automatically based on past behavior of a user. For example, salient ROI extractor 438 may be configured depending on which images the user stored, shared or discarded in the past. In a third example (“PASE 3”), salient ROI extractor 438 may be configured depending on the content a user stores in his image gallery. Salient ROI extractor 438 may be trained to assign a higher or lower priority to objects that appear more frequently or less frequently respectively in the user's images that are stored in a gallery. In a fourth example (“PASE 4”), salient ROI extractor 438 may be configured depending on real-time (RT) data captured by device 400. Such RT data may e.g. be data on the user's gaze direction, with respect to a position on a mobile device's screen that shows a scene or within a scene itself, e.g. sensed by an eye-tracking camera. Objects located in FOV segments that a user is gazing at may be captured with higher priority. Other RT data may e.g. be a directional microphone included in the device. Yet other RT data may e.g. be data generated from a user touching the touchscreen to focus on (or select) an OOI or ROI. Object tracker 442 may track the selected OOI or ROI to accurately capture it once a capture button is pressed. In a fifth example (“PASE 5”) where salient ROI extractor 438 may detect more than one ROI or OOI in one native FOVT, and wherein the ROIs or OOIs are located at different object-lens distances (or “focus distances”), camera controller 444 may be configured to capture sequential STC images with a different ROI or OOI in focus in each STC image.
In some embodiments, AP 430 may be configured to perform an analysis for deciding whether an image is stored or discarded. AP 430 may compare a scene segment shown in a STC image with the same scene segment shown in a simultaneously captured Wide image for deciding whether to store or to discard a STC image. A STC image may be discarded in following cases:
In some of the cases where a STC image is discarded, camera controller 444 may be configured to re-capture a same scene segment with the STC image. In some embodiments where a stream of Wide images and a stream of STC images are captured, AP 430 may compare the scene segments shown in the STC and the Wide image stream for selecting subsets of STC and Wide images that are in semantically and visually agreement with each other. For example, AP 430 may select one Wide image and one to five STC images that show ROIs within the Wide image scene. In other embodiments where a stream of Wide images and a stream of STC images are captured, AP 430 may compose a video stream including both Wide and STC images, e.g. for continuously and/or smoothly zoom into a scene segment included in the STC image. As an example, the video stream may use Wide images for video stream sequences showing a low zoom factor, and it may use Tele images for video stream sequences showing a low zoom factor. “Low zoom factor” may refer to a zoom factor which is lower than the STC's zoom factor with respect to the W camera. In other examples, “low zoom factor” may refer to a zoom factor that is lower than 1.5 times the STC's zoom factor with respect to the W camera.
In some embodiments, AP 430 may be configured to assist a user in framing a scene. For example, a ROI may be detected in a segment of FOVW which is not or only partially covered by the (effective) Tele FOV of the STC. In this example, a mobile device may indicate a user to move the mobile device with respect to the scene so that the ROI will be covered by the Tele FOV and FOVW. The ROI can then be captured by both W camera and STC.
In some examples for displaying W and STC images captured by a PASE to a user, the W and STC images may be displayed as a “image collage” as known in the art. In other examples, they may be displayed as a “slideshow” as known in the art. In yet other examples and for displaying W and STC images captured in a PASE 5 scenario, the STC images may be fused into a W image or into another STC image, e.g. for obtaining a synthetic “all-in-focus” image where all ROIs and OOIs included are in focus, or where all ROIs and OOIs included in the native FOVT are in focus, or for obtaining an image that synthetically creates a focus setting that represents an “in-focus” compromise for all ROIs and OOIs included, which in general resembles a capture scenario where the synthetic focus distance is set between the maximum and minimum focus distances which are present in the ROIs and OOIs.
In yet other examples and for displaying W and STC image streams captured by a PASE to a user, the W and STC image streams may be displayed as a video stream displaying W images (or segments thereof) for lower zoom factors and STC images (or segments thereof) for high zoom factors. The transitions between the W image stream and the STC image stream may be smooth transitions as known in the art.
The fault detection may for example raise an error in case that a particular threshold in terms of image quality or scene content may not be met.
In some embodiments, object tracker 442 may track a selected ROI across consecutive W images. Different tracking methods may be used, see e.g. Henriques et al. “High-speed tracking with kernelized correlation filters” published in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Mar. 1 2015, Pages 583-596). The object tracking may proceed until the ROI is captured by the T camera or until the object tracking process fails. In some embodiments, object tracker 442 may be configured as well for predicting a future position of the ROI, e.g. based on a current camera position and some motion model. For this prediction, an extension of a Kalman filter or any other motion estimation as known in the art may be used. Examples to Kalman filter methods can be found in the article “An Introduction to the Kalman Filter”, published by Welch and Bishop in 1995. The position prediction may be used for directing the scanning T camera to an expected future ROI position. In some embodiment, also the estimated future velocity or movement of an ROI may be considered. The velocity may refer to the velocity of e.g. an OOI with respect to other objects in the scene or to the velocity of e.g. an OOI with respect to the movement of handheld device 400. In other embodiments, AP 430 is further configured to use a motion model that predicts a future movement of handheld device 400.
In other embodiments, camera controller 444 may be configured to perform fault detection. The fault detection may for example raise an error in case that a particular threshold in terms of image quality or scene content may not be met. For example, an error may be raised if a certain threshold of (a) motion blur, (b) electronic noise, (c) defocus blur, obstructions in the scene or other undesired effects may be detected in the image. In some examples, in case a ROI image raised an error, this image will not be considered for a smart panorama image and a scanning T camera may be instructed to re-direct to the scene segment comprising the ROI and to re-capture the ROI.
In other embodiments, camera controller 444 may consider further user inputs for a capture decision. User inputs may be intentional or unintentional. For example, eye tracking may be used to make a capture decision. For example, a user-facing camera may be used to automatically observe the eye movement of a user when watching on a screen of a camera hosting device or on the scene itself. For example, in case a user's eyes stay a significantly longer time on a particular scene segment than they stay on other scene segments, the given segment may be considered important to the user and may be captured with increased priority.
In other embodiments and for example for capturing objects that are large with respect to the Tele FOV or for capturing objects with very high resolution, camera controller 444 may be configured to capture a ROI not by a single T image, but by a plurality of T images that include different segments of an ROI. The plurality of T images may be stitched together to one image that may display the ROI in its entirety.
A final selection of best images may be performed by smart panorama module 450. Smart panorama module 450 may e.g. consider (i) the maximal storage capacity, (ii) FOV overlap across saved images, and (iii) the spatial distribution of the ROIs on a panorama FOV. Smart panorama module 450 additionally includes a cropping module (not shown) that aims to find the cropping window that satisfies criteria such as providing best user experience as described above, as well as criteria from aesthetic image cropping, e.g. as described by Wang et al in the article “A deep network solution for attention and aesthetics aware photo cropping”, 2018.
In some embodiments, smart panorama module 450 may perform an additional saliency calculation on a stitched image with a FOV wider than the Wide FOV. For example, saliency information can be calculated by applying a saliency or SOD model on a segment of, or on the entire the panorama FOV.
In other embodiments, smart panorama module 450 may use semantic information to select T images to be used in the smart panorama image, e.g. by applying a detection algorithm. The chances of selecting a T image to be used in the smart panorama image may e.g. be elevated if human faces were detected by a face detection algorithm.
The selected T images may be exemplarily displayed to the user via a tap on a rectangle marked on the smart panorama image, or with zoom transition from the smart panorama FOV to the native Tele FOV via zoom pinching.
In some examples, image data of the T images captured in step 510 may be used for the regular panorama image.
In another embodiment with a centered FOVT camera, the processing unit may determine the right timing for capturing the T image during the panorama capture.
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To improve the accuracy of the FOVT estimation over FOVW, Tele image localization is performed. The localization process includes:
Typically, after the localization image points of a same object point may e.g. deviate by less than 20 pixels or by less than 10 pixels or even by less than 2 pixels between the Wide and Tele camera.
While this disclosure has been described in terms of certain embodiments and generally associated methods, alterations and permutations of the embodiments and methods will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The disclosure is to be understood as not limited by the specific embodiments described herein, but only by the scope of the appended claims.
All references mentioned in this specification are herein incorporated in their entirety by reference into the specification, to the same extent as if each individual reference was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated herein by reference. In addition, citation or identification of any reference in this application shall not be construed as an admission that such reference is available as prior art to the present application.
This application is a continuation-in-part (CIP) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/614,385 filed Nov. 26, 2021, which was a 371 of international patent application PCT/IB2020/061461 filed Dec. 3, 2020 and claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/945,519 filed Dec. 9, 2019, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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