Method for measuring distance in order to focus at least one camera lens
AssigneeQinematiq GmbH
InventorMartin Waitz
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to, for example, a method for measuring distance in order to focus at least one camera lens of a camera. In one example embodiment of the method, a wide-distance measuring system is used to measure the distance of an object and provide at least one wide measurement value, the wide-distance measuring system includes at least one microwave measuring system, and is further used to focus the camera lens, and at least one further measurement value is provided using at least one further measuring system.
Claims30
A method for measuring distance in order to focus at least one camera lens of a camera, the method including the steps of:
- using a wide-distance measuring system, which is suitable for measuring greater distances, to measure the distance of an object and provide at least one wide-distance measurement value representing the measured distance,
- using the wide-distance measuring system, including at least one microwave measuring system, for focusing the camera lens,
- using a further measuring system to measure the distance of the same object and
- providing at least one further measurement value using at least one further measuring system representing the measured distance,
- whereas the wide-distance value and the further measurement are measured at the same time;
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- transmitting the wide-distance measurement value and the further measurement value to a display device and displaying the transmitted wide-distance measurement value and the transmitted further measurement value on the display-device at the same time.
Distance-measuring unit for measuring a distance between a camera and an object for focusing at least one camera lens of a camera on an object, wherein the distance-measuring unit comprises:
- at least one wide-distance measuring system and at least one further measurement system, whereas the at least one wide-distance measuring system includes a microwave measuring system, the at least one wide-distance measuring system is configured and arranged for measuring greater distances and for measuring at least one wide-distance measurement value representing the measured distance of the object, the at least one further measuring system is configured and arranged for measuring a further measurement value at the same time as the measurement performed by the wide-distance measurement system, the further measurement value representing the distance of the same object, and
- an adjustment unit connected to the further measuring system and to the wide-distance measuring system, wherein the adjustment unit is configured and arranged for transmitting the wide-distance measurement value and the further measurement value to a display device and wherein the display device is configured and arranged for displaying the transmitted wide-distance measurement value and for displaying the transmitted further measurement value at the same time.
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