Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fast focusing method for digital camera
- Patent Title (中): 数码相机快速聚焦方法
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Application No.: US12784762Application Date: 2010-05-21
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Publication No.: US08259217B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Chan-Min Chou , Chia-Lun Tsai , Chih-Pin Yen
- Applicant: Chan-Min Chou , Chia-Lun Tsai , Chih-Pin Yen
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Altek Corporation
- Current Assignee: Altek Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
- Agent Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.
- Priority: TW98130448A 20090909
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract:
A fast focusing method for a digital camera is applied in an auto focusing stage for judging whether the digital camera needs to be refocused. The fast focusing method includes recording a system time after a previous focusing (defined as a first time); capturing a system time before a current focusing (defined as a second time); performing a fuzziness detection procedure to acquire a focus value when a difference obtained by subtracting the first time from the second time is greater than a focusing time threshold; setting a focusing focal length range covering a reference focal length when the focus value is between a lower limit focusing threshold and an upper limit focusing threshold; capturing images at different focusing focal lengths respectively in the focusing focal length range; calculating a contrast value of each image; calculating a target focal length from the contrast values through a quadratic curve approximation method.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110058096A1 FAST FOCUSING METHOD FOR DIGITAL CAMERA Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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