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Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Digitaloptics Corporation Europe Limited, Ballybrit, IE;

Inventors:

Adrian Capata, Bucharest, RO;

Stefan Petrescu, Bucharest, RO;

Petronel Bigioi, Galway, IE;

Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A smart-focusing technique includes identifying an object of interest, such as a face, in a digital image. A focus-generic classifier chain is applied that is trained to match both focused and unfocused faces and/or data from a face tracking module is accepted. Multiple focus-specific classifier chains are applied, including a first chain trained to match substantially out of focus faces, and a second chain trained to match slightly out of focus faces. Focus position is rapidly adjusted using a MEMS component.


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