GB2467078B - Auto-focus image system - Google Patents

Auto-focus image system

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GB2467078B
GB2467078B GB1008370.7A GB201008370A GB2467078B GB 2467078 B GB2467078 B GB 2467078B GB 201008370 A GB201008370 A GB 201008370A GB 2467078 B GB2467078 B GB 2467078B
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auto
image system
focus image
focus
image
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Hiok Nam Tay
Yunn-En Yeo
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Candela Microsystems S Pte Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/28—Systems for automatic generation of focusing signals
    • G02B7/36—Systems for automatic generation of focusing signals using image sharpness techniques, e.g. image processing techniques for generating autofocus signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/60—Control of cameras or camera modules
    • H04N23/67—Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B13/00—Viewfinders; Focusing aids for cameras; Means for focusing for cameras; Autofocus systems for cameras
    • G03B13/32—Means for focusing
    • G03B13/34—Power focusing
    • G03B13/36—Autofocus systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Automatic Focus Adjustment (AREA)
  • Studio Devices (AREA)
  • Image Analysis (AREA)
  • Focusing (AREA)
  • Image Processing (AREA)
GB1008370.7A 2007-10-22 2008-10-17 Auto-focus image system Expired - Fee Related GB2467078B (en)

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US5307P 2007-10-22 2007-10-22
US12/082,577 US8264591B2 (en) 2007-10-22 2008-04-11 Method and system for generating focus signal
PCT/IB2008/003822 WO2009063326A2 (en) 2007-10-22 2008-10-17 Auto - focus image system

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GB2467078A GB2467078A (en) 2010-07-21
GB2467078B true GB2467078B (en) 2012-12-19

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CN (1) CN101849407B (enExample)
DE (1) DE112008002819T5 (enExample)
ES (1) ES2394950B1 (enExample)
GB (3) GB2467078B (enExample)
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