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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Takafumi Usui, Seongnam-si, KR;
Inventor:
Takafumi Usui, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus, computer readable medium, and method for auto-focusing, the method including reading out a live-view signal from first group pixels; reading out an auto-focusing detection signal from second group pixels; and auto-focusing using the live-view signal and the auto-focusing detection signal, wherein the first group pixels and the second group pixels do not substantially overlap.