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Optical stereo device and autofocus method therefor

US9479759B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FORSTGARTEN INTERNATIONAL HOLDING GMBH · CH

Inventors

Ludwig Laxhuber · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Joachim Luber · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N13/296
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an optical stereo device with an autofocus feature as well as a corresponding autofocus method for optical stereo devices. The optical stereo device has imaging means configured to provide a stereo image of an object of interest by means of combining a right eye image and a left eye image and a control unit operatively connected to the imaging means and configured to receive the right eye image and the left eye image and to adjust the focus position of the imaging means.

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