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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2008
Earl Quong Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Makibi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Kushida, Yokohama, JP;
Soroj Triteyaprasert, Bangkok, TH;
Yoshihiro Murakami, Atsugi, JP;
Pingshan LI, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mamoru Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Earl Quong Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Makibi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Kushida, Yokohama, JP;
Soroj Triteyaprasert, Bangkok, TH;
Yoshihiro Murakami, Atsugi, JP;
Pingshan Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mamoru Sugiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A camera auto-focuses using computed blur differences between images of a three-dimensional scene. The camera computes the blur difference between two images of the scene acquired at two different picture numbers. The camera uses the computed blur difference to predict a third picture number, where the camera uses the third picture number to auto-focus a camera lens on the scene.