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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Jeong-yong Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Soon-geun Jang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jeong-yong Park, Changwon-si, KR;
Soon-geun Jang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are example methods and apparatuses for image processing for improving an out-of-focus effect. A disclosed example methods includes capturing a first image, a second image, and a third image, which are captured with a different focus for a same subject and background; setting a subject portion and a background portion using the first and second images; combining the subject portion of first image and the background portion of the third image with each other to obtain an narrow depth-of-field (DOF) image; and performing image processing on the obtained narrow DOF image.