Image capture with focus adjustment
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorFrancisco Imai
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Abstract
An image capture device includes capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene. A display screen displays a preview of the scene by using the captured light-field information at a default focal plane. The display displays a user interface for accepting a user selection of a region in the preview together with a user selection of focus for the selected region.
Claims36
An image capture device comprising:
- capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene;
- and
- a display screen for displaying a preview of the scene, by using the captured light-field information at a default focal plane,
- wherein the display is further constructed to display a user interface for accepting a user selection of a region in the preview together with a user selection of focus for the selected region.
An method of focal adjustment for an image capture device comprising capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene, comprising:
- displaying a preview of the scene on a display screen of the image capture device, by using the captured light-field information at a default focal plane;
- and
- displaying a user interface for accepting a user selection of a region in the preview together with a user selection of focus for the selected region.
An image processing module for an image capture device comprising capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene, comprising:
- a preview display module for displaying a preview of the scene on a display screen of the image capture device, by using the captured light-field information at a default focal plane;
- and
- a user interface display module for displaying a user interface for accepting a user selection of a region in the preview together with a user selection of focus for the selected region.
A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable process steps for performing a method for method of focal adjustment for an image capture device comprising capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene, the method comprising:
- displaying a preview of the scene on a display screen of the image capture device, by using the captured light-field information at a default focal plane;
- and
- displaying a user interface for accepting a user selection of a region in the preview together with a user selection of focus for the selected region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.