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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
Applicants:
Earl Quong Wong, Vallejo, CA (US);
Hidenori Kushida, Tokyo, JP;
Makibi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging acquisition system that generates a picture depth from an auto focus curve generated from picture of a three dimensional spatial scene is described. The auto focus curve comprises a step edge. The system generates the depth based on the step edge and a reference auto focus normalization curve.