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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Avigilon Corporation, Vancouver, CA;

Inventors:

Christopher M. Monkiewicz, Vancouver, CA;

Jamie Westell, Vancouver, CA;

Sina Afrooze, Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:

Avigilon Corporation, Vancouver, CA;

Attorney:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/332 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and techniques for adjusting camera focus to facilitate infrared imaging are employed to account for a difference in wavelength between visible and infrared light to permit sharp imaging regardless of whether imaging is performed using visible or infrared light. Camera focus is adjusted in accordance with base and offset values. The base value may be determined in accordance with a curve relating focus motor position and object distance and the offset value may be manually set by the user or automatically set by performing an autofocus method when the camera is operating in low light conditions.


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