Image processing for automatic detection of focus area
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorPingshan Li
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Abstract
A method and a device, such as an imaging device, for image processing for automatic detection of focus area are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the device for image processing is the imaging device that is configured to extract a plurality of object features of a plurality of objects in a field-of-view (FOV) of the imaging device. A plurality of confidence maps are generated based on the extracted plurality of object features. The imaging device is further configured to determine a focus area corresponding to the FOV, based on the generated plurality of confidence maps by use of a pre-determined rule.
Claims28
A method for image processing, said method comprising:
- extracting, by an imaging device, a plurality of object features of a plurality of objects,
- wherein the plurality of objects are in a field-of-view (FOV) of said imaging device;
- generating, by said imaging device, a plurality of confidence maps based on said extracted plurality of object features;
- determining, by said imaging device, a focus area corresponding to said FOV based on said generated plurality of confidence maps and a specific rule.
An imaging device, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- extract a plurality of object features of a plurality of objects,
- wherein the plurality of objects are in a field-of-view (FOV) of said imaging device;
- generate a plurality of confidence maps based on said extracted plurality of object features;
- and
- determine a focus area corresponding to said FOV based on said generated plurality of confidence maps and a specific rule.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- extracting a plurality of object features of a plurality of objects,
- wherein the plurality of objects are in a field-of-view (FOV) of an imaging device;
- generating a plurality of confidence maps based on said extracted plurality of object features;
- and
- determining a focus area corresponding to said FOV based on said generated plurality of confidence maps and a specific rule.
A method for image processing, said method comprising:
- extracting, by an imaging device, a plurality of object features of a plurality of objects,
- wherein the plurality of objects are in a field-of-view (FOV) of said imaging device;
- generating, by said imaging device, a plurality of confidence maps based on said extracted plurality of object features;
- generating, by said imaging device, a final confidence map based on said plurality of confidence maps;
- and
- determining, by said imaging device, a focus area corresponding to said FOV based on said generated final confidence map and a specific rule,
- wherein said determination of said focus area is within said final confidence map of said FOV.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.