Patent · US Active

Focus detection apparatus and method thereof

US10650557B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
3References
10Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 2018
Grant dateMay 12, 2020
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B5/4312
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A focus detection apparatus and a method thereof are provided. In the method, a medical image is obtained. Size of a target focus and a sliding window are determined, and side length of the sliding windows is at least twice the side length of the target focus. The medical image is scanned through the sliding window, and a stride which the sliding windows moves each time is not greater than the side length of the target focus. At least one area of interest is obtained based on the scan result. Then, the area of interest is identified based on machine learning techniques, and perform candidate aggregation and multiple size aggregation to determine at least one focus position. Accordingly, the computational time and the detection accuracy can be improved.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.