IP Library Granted Patent US 8,989,447
Granted Patent B2
US 8,989,447 · App. 13/965,164 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Dynamic focus for computational imaging

Inventor: Osman Gokhan Sezer (Dallas, TX)
Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
G06T7/004G06T7/0069G06T2207/10016G06T2207/20021
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Patent No.
US 8,989,447
App. No.
13/965,164
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for all-in-focus image reconstruction and depth map generation in an imaging device is provided that includes capturing a multi-focus image by the imaging device, partitioning the multi-focus image into a plurality of blocks, determining, for each block of the plurality of blocks, a best inverse multi-focus point spread function (PSF) for reconstructing original image intensity values in the block, wherein the best inverse multi-focus PSF is selected from a plurality of predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs stored in a memory of the imaging device, and applying to each block of the plurality of blocks the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block to reconstruct the all-in-focus image.

Claims (21)

1. A method for all-in-focus image reconstruction and depth map generation in an imaging device, the method comprising:

capturing a multi-focus image by the imaging device;

partitioning the multi-focus image into a plurality of blocks;

determining, for each block of the plurality of blocks, a best inverse multi-focus point spread function (PSF) for reconstructing original image intensity values in the block, wherein the best inverse multi-focus PSF is selected from a plurality of predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs stored in a memory of the imaging device; and

applying to each block of the plurality of blocks the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block to reconstruct the all-in-focus image.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a depth map for the all-in-focus image, wherein a depth for a block of the all-in-focus image corresponding to a block of the multi-focus image is a depth corresponding to the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block of the multi-focus image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs are determined offline.

4. An imaging device comprising:

means for capturing a multi-focus image;

means for partitioning the multi-focus image into a plurality of blocks;

means for determining, for each block of the plurality of blocks, a best inverse multi-focus point spread function (PSF) for reconstructing original image intensity values in the block, wherein the best inverse multi-focus PSF is selected from a plurality of predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs stored in a memory of the imaging device; and

means for applying to each block of the plurality of blocks the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block to reconstruct the all-in-focus image.

5. The imaging device of claim 4 , further comprising means for generating a depth map for the all-in-focus image, wherein a depth for a block of the all-in-focus image corresponding to a block of the multi-focus image is a depth corresponding to the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block of the multi-focus image.

6. The imaging device of claim 4 , wherein the predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs are determined offline.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor in an imaging device, cause the execution of a method for all-in-focus image reconstruction and depth map generation in the imaging device, the method comprising:

capturing a multi-focus image by the imaging device;

partitioning the multi-focus image into a plurality of blocks;

determining, for each block of the plurality of blocks, a best inverse multi-focus point spread function (PSF) for reconstructing original image intensity values in the block, wherein the best inverse multi-focus PSF is selected from a plurality of predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs stored in a memory of the imaging device; and

applying to each block of the plurality of blocks the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block to reconstruct the all-in-focus image.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , the method further comprising generating a depth map for the all-in-focus image, wherein a depth for a block of the all-in-focus image corresponding to a block of the multi-focus image is a depth corresponding to the best inverse multi-focus PSF determined for the block of the multi-focus image.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined inverse multi-focus PSFs are determined offline.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2013
From: SEZER, OSMAN GOKHAN
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 030999/0268 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61682446 · Aug 13, 2012
Related Publication 20140044314A1 · Feb 13, 2014