US 7,492,958 B2
Digital imaging with autofocus
Eero Salmelin, Tampere (Finland); Janne Haavisto, Kangasala (Finland); and Ossi Kalevo, Toijala (Finland)
Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland)
Filed on Jan. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/30,724.
Prior Publication US 2006/0146144 A1, Jul. 06, 2006
Int. Cl. G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—255  [382/299] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising
capturing a full resolution digital image data,
providing a partial resolution image data based on said full resolution image data,
calculating statistical data relating to a focusing state of the full resolution image data, and
sending said statistical data and the partial resolution image data together for defining autofocus for the image.