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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Woo-seok Choi, Suwon-Si, KR;
Jeong-won Lee, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Inventors:
Woo-Seok Choi, Suwon-Si, KR;
Jeong-Won Lee, Seongnam-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 9/04 (2006.01); G03B 9/22 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); G03B 9/14 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G02B 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 9/04 (2013.01); G03B 9/22 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); G03B 9/14 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G02B 7/346 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for auto-focusing detection, a camera applying the same, and a method for calculating a distance to a subject are disclosed. The camera calculates a focusing control state based on synthetic image data output as an image passing through a pupil split unit provided with a filter arranged at one or more of the at least two holes as taken by an image pickup unit.