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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Applicant:
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Inventor:
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of providing a refocused image, includes using a processor to perform the steps of acquiring at least two captured images of a scene with differing focus settings, using the at least two captured images to provide an all-in-focus image, generating a range map from the at least two captured images, locating a region-of-interest (ROI) window from the range map, and providing a refocused image from the all-in-focus image and the region-of-interest (ROI) window.