Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Focused areas in an image
- Patent Title (中): 聚焦区域的图像
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Application No.: US12443949Application Date: 2007-06-26
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Publication No.: US08767082B2Publication Date: 2014-07-01
- Inventor: Ola Thorn
- Applicant: Ola Thorn
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo SE Lund
- Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Mobile Communications AB
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation,Sony Mobile Communications AB
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo SE Lund
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity, LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/EP2007/002408 20070319; WOPCT/EP2007/056307 20070625
- International Application: PCT/EP2007/056365 WO 20070626
- International Announcement: WO2008/040576 WO 20080410
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; G03B13/00 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
The invention discloses a method and a portable device for focusing an image in the device (10), which device (10) comprises; a first image recording arrangement (24a) for recording images of an user (50) of the device (10); a second image recording arrangement (24b) comprising an autofocus arrangement for recording images of the environment surrounding the device (10); and a display arrangement (22) for reproducing the recorded images of the environment surrounding the device (10), which method comprises the step of: obtaining a plurality of gazing directions of the user (50) from images recorded by the first image recording arrangement (24a); selecting focusing areas depending on the obtained gazing directions; processing said at least one image of the environment so as to create a final image that is focused within areas defined by the focusing areas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100134642A1 FOCUSED AREAS IN AN IMAGE Public/Granted day:2010-06-03
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