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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si, KR;

Inventors:

Daebong Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Seonggon Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;

Junho Gal, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:

HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD., Seongnam-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/36 (2020.12); G03B 13/36 (2020.12); H04N 23/67 (2022.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/36 (2012.12); G03B 13/36 (2012.12); H04N 23/675 (2022.12);
Abstract

An image capturing device includes a lens, a lens driver configured to change a focus position by moving the lens, an image sensor configured to detect light passed through the lens, and a focus controller configured to control, based on an image generated by the image sensor, the lens driver to adjust the focus position. The focus controller is further configured to: monitor a feature change of a saturated object having an intensity greater than or equal to a threshold value, in each of a plurality of regions of an image, by adjusting the focus position; and adjust the focus position based on a trend of the feature change of the saturated object while the focus position is changed in a direction.


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