Focus control apparatus and method

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PATENT NO 9444992
APP PUB NO 20150189155A1
SERIAL NO

14548404

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A focus control apparatus that achieves a focused state even when a subject is a point light source includes a contrast signal generator that divides a captured image screen into a plurality of areas, extracts a frequency component based on a video signal for each of the divided areas, and generates a first contrast signal based on the frequency component. A controller extracts a luminance intensity based on the video signal for each of the divided areas, determines, for each of the divided areas, a second contrast signal generated by increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the first contrast signal from the divided area based on the magnitude of the luminance intensity, determines a lens position evaluation value that is the sum of the second contrast signals, and performs the focus control based on the lens position evaluation value.

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HITACHI INDUSTRY & CONTROL SOLUTIONS LTD6-1 AKIHABARA TAITO-KU TOKYO 1100006 ?1100006

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nishiguchi, Tomoaki Tokyo, JP 14 48
Umezawa, Iori Tokyo, JP 5 17

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