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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:
Oct. 11, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2009
Applicants:

Tao Chen, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Yasunori Tanaka, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Tao Chen, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Yasunori Tanaka, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

Fujinon Corporation, Saitama, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In a multi-focus camera apparatus that photographs the same region with cameras having different focal lengths, detection means for detecting a specified target in images obtained by the cameras, region acquisition means for obtaining in the images regions comprising pixels having substantially the same relationships between blurriness degrees as relationships between blurriness degrees of the specified target having been detected in the respective images, and image processing means for carrying out image processing to display the obtained regions differently from other regions are included.


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