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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2009
Chong-sam Chung, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Jin-won Lee, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Kyoung-hwan Moon, Yongin-Si, KR;
Sung-hyun Kim, Yongin-Si, KR;
Chong-Sam Chung, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Jin-Won Lee, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Kyoung-Hwan Moon, Yongin-Si, KR;
Sung-Hyun Kim, Yongin-Si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus capable of automatic detection of a focus of a subject and a method thereof are disclosed. The photographing apparatus includes a control unit for detecting the focus of the subject using images of the subject acquired with a moveable lens being in different positions so as to allow the detection of the focus of the subject automatically and nearly simultaneously with the photographing the subject without using a separate AF module that requires light separation and/or separate dedicated focus image sensor.