Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image data processing method and apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像数据处理方法和装置
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Application No.: US11491364Application Date: 2006-07-24
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Publication No.: US08553137B2Publication Date: 2013-10-08
- Inventor: Stephen B. Pollard
- Applicant: Stephen B. Pollard
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Priority: GB0518278.7 20050908
- Main IPC: G03B13/00
- IPC: G03B13/00 ; H04N5/232 ; G02B13/16 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
A method of processing image data generated using an image capture device comprising a lens, the method comprising, generating metric data for a plurality of regions of an image, the data representing a plurality of focus measures for each region generated at a plurality of lens positions, processing the metric data in order to cluster regions into at least one group on the basis of their respective focus measures, and determining a lens position for a group corresponding to a position of true focus for the group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070053675A1 Image data processing method and apparatus Public/Granted day:2007-03-08
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