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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Ltd., Marlow, GB;
Inventor:
Duncan Hall, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/571 (2017.01); H04N 13/218 (2018.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/571 (2017.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06T 7/529 (2017.01); H04N 13/218 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0085 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera module with a fixed near field focus is configured to capture a single image. That single image is segmented by an image divider a number of regions. A focus metric determiner then determines a focus metric for each of the regions. A depth map generator maps the focus metric into a depth value for each of the regions and combines the depth values to generate a depth map.