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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 23, 2023
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chun-Hung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Yun Hsuan, Hsinchu, TW;
MEDIATEK INC., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An auto focus method for an image capturing device with a PD image sensor, comprising: (a) receiving pixel values of a sensing image sensed by the PD image sensor; (b) dividing the sensing image into a plurality of image blocks; (c) computing first cost values of each of the image blocks; (d) determining disparities of each of the image blocks according to the first cost values with in a specific range of each of the image blocks; (e) finding at least one object in the sensing image according to the disparities; and (f) setting a focus location of the image capturing device according at least one object location of the object.