Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Depth-assisted focus in multi-camera systems
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Application No.: US15390016Application Date: 2016-12-23
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Publication No.: US09918065B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Ryan Geiss , Roman Lewkow
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: H04N13/02
- IPC: H04N13/02 ; H04N13/00 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235

Abstract:
Example embodiments may help multi-camera devices determine disparity information scene, and use the disparity information in an autofocus process. An example method involves: (a) receiving image data of a scene that comprises at least one image of the scene captured by each of two or more image-capture systems of a computing device that includes a plurality of image-capture systems; (b) using the image data captured by the two or more image-capture systems as a basis for determining disparity information for the scene; and (c) performing, by the computing system, an autofocus process based at least in part on the disparity information, wherein the autofocus process provides a focus setting for at least one of the image-capture systems of the computing device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170111630A1 Depth-Assisted Focus in Multi-Camera Systems Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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