Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiple camera apparatus and method for synchronized autofocus
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Application No.: US14549735Application Date: 2014-11-21
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Publication No.: US11022858B2Publication Date: 2021-06-01
- Inventor: By-Her W. Richards , Sean C. Kelly , Kevin W. Johnson
- Applicant: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Loppnow & Chapa
- Agent Matthew C. Loppnow
- Main IPC: G03B13/36
- IPC: G03B13/36 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N17/00 ; H04N5/247 ; G03B35/08 ; H04N13/00

Abstract:
A disclosed apparatus includes a plurality of camera units. Control logic, operatively coupled to each camera unit, is operative to perform a parallax operation using at least two image frames from at least two camera units to determine a common focus distance, subsequent to completing independent auto-focus operations and respective lens position adjustments for the at least two camera units. The control logic provides a control signal to at least one of the camera units to adjust its actuator to adjust lens position in response to the determined common focus distance. A test procedure is used to map focus distance to lens position for each camera unit and to generate a lookup table. The control logic uses the lookup table unique to each camera unit to adjust the lens settings according to the determined common focus distance. The parallax operation is iterated until the common focus distance converges.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160147131A1 Multiple Camera Apparatus and Method for Synchronized Autofocus Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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