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US 8,988,507 B2Granted
User interface for autofocus
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorMats Wernersson
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Abstract
A camera includes a lens assembly and a stereoscopic display for displaying an image captured by the camera, and automatically determines a correct focus for the camera using the stereoscopic display to show an icon on the image appearing to move perpendicularly, relative to a first plane corresponding to a surface of the stereoscopic display, from different perceived depths corresponding to different planes parallel to the first plane.
Claims17
A device comprising:
- a camera including a lens assembly;
- an autostereoscopic display to display an image to be captured by the camera;
- at least one processor to perform an autofocus, of the camera, using a framed volume that is indicated with respect to a selected object in the image, wherein the autostereoscopic display is to:
- indicate, to a user of the device that the autofocus is occurring, by presenting a first icon on the image and appearing to move perpendicularly on the selected object, relative to a second icon on the image at a first plane corresponding to a viewing surface of the autostereoscopic display, to different perceived depths to define the framed volume, including a first perceived depth, corresponding to a second plane parallel to the first plane and located between the viewing surface and the user, and
- indicate, to the user that the autofocus is complete by stopping the first icon at a second perceived depth, corresponding to a third plane parallel to the first plane, wherein the third plane is located at the viewing surface or at an image of the selected object appearing at a distance from the viewing surface;
- and
- a memory to store the captured image.
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A method comprising:
- displaying, by an autostereoscopic display of a device, an image, to be captured by a camera of the device, in three dimensions such that a user perceives depth of the image via a display associated with the camera;
- performing, by at least one processor of the device, autofocus of the camera using a framed volume that is indicated with respect to a selected object in the image;
- indicating, to a user of the device that the autofocus is occurring, by displaying a first icon appearing to move perpendicularly on the selected object, relative to a second icon on the image at a first plane corresponding to a viewing surface of the display, from different perceived depths corresponding to different planes parallel to the first plane to define the framed volume, wherein at least one of the different planes is located between the viewing surface and the user;
- indicating, to the user that the autofocus is complete, by displaying the first icon at rest at a perceived depth corresponding to the first plane or to an image of the selected object at a distance from the viewing surface;
- and
- capturing and storing the image in a memory.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions to display an image, to be captured by a camera, via a display associated with the camera;
- one or more instructions to use multiple icons, associated with performing an autofocus of the camera, to indicate a framed volume with respect to a selected object in the image;
- one or more instructions to:
- indicate, to a user of the device that the autofocus is occurring, by representing a first icon to be moving perpendicularly on the selected object, relative to a second icon on the image at a first plane corresponding to a viewing surface of the display, to different perceived depths to define the framed volume, including a first perceived depth on the image, corresponding to a second plane parallel to the first plane and located between the viewing surface and the user, and
- indicate, to the user that the autofocus is complete, by positioning the first icon at a second perceived depth on the image, corresponding to a third plane parallel to the first plane, wherein the third plane is located at the viewing surface or at an image of the selected object appearing at a distance from the viewing surface;
- and
- one or more instructions to capture and store the image in a memory.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.