US 12,273,620 B2
Focus indication for manual focus adjustments
Aliaksandr Alsheuski, Vilnius (LI)
Assigned to JSC Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide, Vilneus (LT)
Filed by JSC Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide, Vilneus (LI)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,638.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283896 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/67 (2023.01) [H04N 23/633 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
an image capture device configured to form an image of a scene that includes an object viewed by the imaging device;
a display to display the image the scene;
a focus control to adjust a focus of the image displayed on the display;
a hardware processor; and
a memory storing computer-readable instructions, the instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:
performing image processing on the image;
determining a focus state of the image based on the image processing;
indicating the focus state of the image on the display, wherein indicating the focus state of the image comprises indicating that the image is out of focus and indicating a direction to manually adjust the focus for improving the focus of the image;
wherein determining the focus state of the image comprises comparing a focus state of the image to a focus state of a previous image; and
wherein indicating the focus state of the image comprise indicating a focus input for increasing the focus of the image based on determining whether the focus state of the image is less focused than the focus state of the previous image.