Development and real-time implementation of a rule-based auto-focus algorithm

Real-Time Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-203

  Kehtarnavaz, N ^a   Oh, H J ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FOCUSING; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

AUTO-FOCUSING; DIGITAL STILL CAMERAS; SHARPNESS FUNCTION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0142028055     PISSN: 10772014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1077-2014(03)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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