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Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark N. Gamadia, Campbell, CA (US);

Yingjun Bai, San Jose, CA (US);

Muge Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232123 (2018.08); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01);
Abstract

Determining a focus setting includes determining a plurality of regions of interest in a view of a scene, and, for each of the plurality of regions of interest, obtaining a set of image data for each of multiple focal positions, and then applying focus filters to the set of image data for each of the plurality of focal positions for each of the regions of interest to obtain a set of focus scores, i.e., a focus score for each focus filter applied to the set of image data for each of the focal positions. Further, determining a confidence value associated with each of the sets of focus scores, selecting a subset of the sets of focus scores based on the confidence values associated with each of the sets of focus scores, and determining a focus setting for the scene based on the selected subset of the focus scores.


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