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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Wen-Chun Feng, New Taipei, TW;

Hui Shan Kao, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232122 (2018.08); G06V 40/165 (2022.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); H04N 9/73 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for feature-based image autofocus are described. A device may perform an autofocus procedure that includes determining a set of features based on determining a feature region associated with an image. The device may generate a feature weight map based on the set of features and estimate a direction of a target feature in the feature region. The device may generate a direction weight map that corresponds to the feature region. The device may determine a focus position of the image based on the generated feature weight map and the estimated direction of the target feature and perform an autofocus operation on the determined focus position of the image. The device may calculate a focus value based on the feature weight map, and the focus position of the image may be based on the focus value.


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