Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image apparatus and method for calculating depth based on temperature-corrected focal length
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Application No.: US15206745Application Date: 2016-07-11
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Publication No.: US10321040B2Publication Date: 2019-06-11
- Inventor: Se-Hwan Yun , Daekwan Kim , Chaesung Kim , DongKi Min
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0144221 20151015
- Main IPC: G06T7/593
- IPC: G06T7/593 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N13/271 ; H04N13/296 ; H04N13/239

Abstract:
An image apparatus may be configured to calculate a depth of an object relative to the image apparatus. The image apparatus may include an image sensor that may capture a plurality of images of the object. Depth calculation may include calculating a binocular disparity using the plurality of images, measuring a local temperature value from at least one temperature sensor, correcting a focal length of at least a portion of the image apparatus according to the measured local temperature value, and calculating a depth of the object using the binocular disparity and the corrected focal length. The corrected focal length may be determined based on a focal length variation value. The focal length variation value may be determined based on performing contrast autofocus on one or more captured images and the local temperature value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170109889A1 IMAGE APPRATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING DEPTH Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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