ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,902, issued on April 21, was assigned to Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Apparatus and method for an imaging device" was invented by Gao Yang (Singapore) and Alvin Kok (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is disclosed which is to identify a feature of an image captured from a first focal plane; determining a focus position relative to the first focal plane; and to determine an aperture setting. At the focus position and the aperture setting, a depth of field is provided. The apparatus may be further configured to determine at least one of a second plane and a third plane relative to the first ...