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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2012
Applicant:

Ilya Blayvas, Holon, IL;

Inventor:

Ilya Blayvas, Holon, IL;

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 13/0235 (2013.01); H04N 13/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of imaging devices of the present disclosure automatically utilize sequential image captures in an image processing pipeline. In one embodiment, control processing circuitry captures a plurality of sub-frames, each of the sub-frames comprising a representation of a scene captured at a different focus position of a lens. A depth map of the scene may be generated comprising a depth of the portion of the scene based at least upon the focus position at which the one of the sub-frames was captured. An output frame of the scene may also be generated by utilizing pixel values of the sub-frame which are determined to be at optimal focus positions.


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