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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Byoung-kwon Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Byoung-kwon Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An automatic focusing method for a camera, including scanning in a macro mode, scanning in a normal mode, and additional scanning. In the scanning in the macro mode, a region within a first distance is scanned if the macro mode is set by a user. In the scanning in the normal mode, a region beyond the first distance is scanned if the normal mode is set by the user. In the additional scanning, the scanning in the normal mode is performed additionally if it is determined that the position of the focus lens found in the scanning in the macro mode does not have the largest focus value, and the scanning in the macro mode is performed additionally if it is determined that the position of the focus lens found in the scanning in the normal mode does not have the largest focus value.