System and method for effectively optimizing zoom settings in a digital camera
OwnerNikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio +1inventors
InventorsNikolaos Georgis, Fredrik Carpio, Paul Hwang
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Abstract
A system and method for effectively optimizing zoom settings in a digital camera includes a digital zoom module that performs a digital zoom function, and an optical zoom module that controls a lens unit of the digital camera to perform an optical zoom function. A depth of field manager performs a zoom-setting optimization procedure to select optimal zoom values for the optical zoom module and the digital zoom module to thereby optimize image quality characteristics of images captured by the camera device.
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A system for optimizing zoom settings in a camera device, comprising:
- an optical zoom that controls a lens unit of said camera device to perform an optical zoom function;
- a digital zoom that performs a digital zoom function;
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- a DOF manager that performs a zoom-setting optimization procedure to select optimal zoom values for said camera device.
A method for optimizing zoom settings in a camera device, comprising:
- controlling a lens unit of said camera device with an optical zoom to perform an optical zoom function;
- performing a digital zoom function by utilizing a digital zoom;
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- performing a zoom-setting optimization procedure with a DOF manager to select optimal zoom values for said optical zoom and said digital zoom, said zoom-setting optimization procedure thereby optimizing image quality characteristics of images captured by said camera device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.