ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,709, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Method and device for generating all-in-focus image" was invented by Jingyu Fang (Suzhou Industrial Park, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for generating an all-in-focus image are disclosed. A method of generating an all-in-focus image includes obtaining a scene image and a phase detection image by capturing a scene using a phase detection image sensor; determining a blur kernel based on the phase detection image and a particular mapping relationship indicating a depth and a blur kernel distribution; and generatin...