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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Eddie Alex Azuma, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Leo Benedict Baldwin, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/09 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); G02B 7/285 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

An phase detect (PD) module including a phase detect (PD) lens, PD image sensor, and a PD controller is disclosed. The PD module may be configured to provide a control signal to an electromechanical device, such as a voice coil motor (VCM), of an image capture module to move a lens assembly to focus an image of an object to be imaged onto a primary image sensor. The PD module may direct the capture of a PD image by the PD image sensor and perform a phase detect (PD) technique on the captured AF image to identify a focus point of the lens assembly. This determined focus point may be used to displace the lens assembly relative to the primary image sensor to achieve focus of the object onto the primary image sensor.


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Azuma, Eddie. (2017). Phase detect auto-focus (U.S. Patent No. 9769371). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9769371

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