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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Xue Tu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G06T 7/0059 (2013.01); G06T 7/0051 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing system and method of operation includes: an image processing device; an image capture module for capturing a source image on the image processing device; an assessment module for detecting an edge of the source image, and measuring an edge width measure of the edge; and a retrieving module for retrieving a depth of field from the edge width measure.