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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Joon-ki Paik, Seoul, KR;
Sang-jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Eun-sung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for generating a fully focused image. A depth map generation unit generates a depth map of an input image obtained by a multiple color filter aperture (MCA) camera. A channel shifting & alignment unit extractes subimages which include objects with same focal distance based on the depth map, and performing color channel alignment and removing out-of-focus blurs for each subimages obtained from the depth map. An image fusing unit fuses the subimages to generate a fully focused image.