Patent ID: 9479759
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An optical stereo device, comprising: an imaging device configured to provide a stereo image of an object of interest by combining a right eye image and a left eye image; and a control device operatively connected to the imaging device and configured to: (a) receive the right eye image and the left eye image from the imaging device; (b) identify a feature of the object in the right eye image and identify the same feature of the object in the left eye image; (c) determine the direction and/or the magnitude of a displacement vector defined by a displacement of the feature of the object identified in the right eye image relative to the same feature of the object identified in the left eye image; and (d) adjust a focus position of the imaging device relative to the identified feature of the object on the basis of the direction and/or the magnitude of the displacement vector.