Optimal focus measure for passive autofocusing and depth-from-focus

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2598, Issue , 1995, Pages 89-99

  Subbarao, Murali ^a   Tyan, Jennkwei ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autofocusing; Depth from defocus; Depth from focus; Focus measure; Focusing; Noise sensitivity of focus measure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; APPLICATIONS; CAMERAS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMAGE SENSORS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUTOFOCUSING; DEPTH FROM DEFOCUS; DEPTH FROM FOCUS; FOCUS MEASURE; NOISE SENSITIVITY OF FOCUS MEASURE;

IMAGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 58149242495     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.220891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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