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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sung Joo Suh, Seoul, KR;
Kwon Ju Yi, Yongin-si, KR;
Chang Kyu Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Du Sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G01B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01B 11/026 (2013.01); G06F 3/0325 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); H04N 5/2226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus and method may be used to estimate a depth distance from an external object to a display panel of the display apparatus. The display apparatus may acquire a plurality of images by detecting lights that are input from an external object and passed through apertures formed in a display panel, may generate one or more refocused images, and may calculate a depth from the external object to the display panel using the plurality of images acquired and one or more refocused images.