Smartphone Camera Design: Principles and Practice

By: Bing, Benny

The camera is a vital component of the smartphone and its utility is indispensable. The design of the smartphone camera system and image processing capabilities determine the quality of the captured photos and videos. This book discusses the key topics related to smartphone camera technology, including the system components (e.g., color filter array, CMOS and CCD image sensors, camera lens structure and material) and image signal processor architecture. Important optical system concepts will be reviewed, as well as camera parameters such as sensor size, pixel pitch, Airy disk, Nyquist frequency, and modulation transfer function. Various impairments (e.g., camera and image noise sources, optical distortions) are described, and techniques to overcome theses issues (e.g., image correction and enhancement) are discussed. Advanced smartphone camera features, including the use of AI in image processing are also covered. The final chapter of the book focuses on image quality, color science, color imaging and HDR technologies. The material is a result of a short course that was prepared for Qualcomm engineers and has been meticulously crafted to maximize clarity and accelerate learning.

About the Author
Benny Bing has developed 6 U.S. video patents that were licensed to industry and received the National Association of Broadcasters Technology Innovation Award for demonstrations of advanced media technologies. He has conducted many custom video courses for Comcast/NBC, Qualcomm, Motorola, universities, and the IEEE, and has served as an expert witness on cable TV and video streaming. More recently, two of his video books were adopted by the AI company Anthropic as training material.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H7Q78X5K
• ISBN13: 9798185764442
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"