Patent Publication Number: US-8538187-B2

Title: Defocus calibration module for light-sensing system and method thereof

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention is related to a defocus calibration module, and more particularly, to a defocus calibration module applied in a light-sensing system. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     Please refer to  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating a conventional light-sensing system  100 . The light-sensing system  100  is utilized for sensing a measured object MO so as to generate a sensed image SIM. The light-sensing system  100  includes a light-emitting component  110 , a focusing component  120 , and an image sensor  130 . The light-emitting component  110  emits a detecting light L D  to the measured object MO, so that the measured object MO generates a reflecting light L R . The image sensor  130  generates a sensed image SIM according to the reflecting light L R . The focusing component  120  is utilized for focusing the reflecting light L R  to the image sensor  130 . In  FIG. 1 , m represents the magnification of the focusing component. The front focal distance and the back focal distance of the light-emitting component  120  are D and mD, respectively. The front focal surface and the back focal surface of the focusing component  120  are SU F  and SU R , respectively. The image sensor  130  is disposed on the back focal surface SU R  of the focusing component  120 . A substrate  101  is disposed on the front focal surface SU F  of the focusing component  120 , and the distance between the substrate  101  and the focusing component  120  is the predetermined distance D (that is, the front focal distance D of the focusing component  120 ). When the measured object MO touches the substrate  101 , it represents the length of the distance between the measured object MO and the focusing component  120  is equal to the length of the front focal distance D of the focusing component  120 . Provided that the length of the distance between the image sensor  130  and the focusing component is also equal to the length of the back focal distance mD of the focusing component  120 , the reflecting light L R  is exactly focused on the image sensor  130  so that the image sensor  130  can generate a clear sensed image SIM. However, when the light-sensing system  100  has an assembling error, it is possible that the length of the distance between the image sensor  130  and the focusing component  120  is not equal to the length of the back focal distance mD of the focusing component  120 , or the length of the distance between the substrate  101  and the focusing component  120  is not equal to the length of the front focal distance D of the focusing component  120 . In addition, it is possible that the measured object MO does not touch the substrate  101  when the measured object MO forms image on the image sensor  130 . In this way, the reflecting light L R  generated by the measured object MO can not be exactly focused on the image sensor  130 , so that the sensed image SIM generated by the image sensor  130  is unclear. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention provides a defocus calibration module. The defocus calibration module is applied in a light-sensing system. The light-sensing system is utilized for sensing a measured object for generating a sensed image. The light-sensing system has a lighting-emitting component, a focusing component, and an image sensor. The light-emitting component emits a detecting light to the measured object so that the measured object accordingly generates a reflecting light. The focusing component is utilized for focusing the reflecting light to the image sensor. The image sensor is utilized for generating the sensed image according to the reflecting light. The defocus calibration module is utilized for calibrating the sensed image. The defocus calibration module comprises a calibrating object, and a calculating circuit. The calibrating object is located between the measured object and the focusing component. The calibrating object is utilized for blocking a part of the detecting light and a part of the reflecting light for forming images respectively at a first calibration imaging location and a second calibration imaging location in the sensed image. The calculating circuit is utilized for calibrating the sensed image according to the first calibration imaging location and the second calibration imaging location. 
     The present invention further provides a light-sensing system with defocus calibration function. The light-sensing system is utilized for sensing a measured object so as to generate a sensed image. The light-sensing system comprises a light-emitting component, an image sensor, a focusing component, and a defocus calibration module. The light-emitting component is utilized for emitting a detecting light to the measured object, so that the measured object accordingly generates a reflecting light. The image sensor is utilized for generating the sensed image according to the reflecting light. The focusing component is utilized for focusing the reflecting light to the image sensor. The defocus calibration module is utilized for calibrating the sensed image of the light-sensing system. The defocus calibration module comprises a calibrating object, and a calculating circuit. The calibrating object is located between the measured object and the focusing component. The calibrating object is utilized for blocking a part of the detecting light and a part of the reflecting light for forming images respectively at a first calibration imaging location and a second calibration imaging location in the sensed image. The calculating circuit is utilized for calibrating the sensed image according to the first calibration imaging location and the second calibration imaging location. 
     The present invention further provides a method of calibrating a light-sensing system. The light-sensing system is utilized for sensing a measured object for generating a sensed image. The light-sensing system has a light-emitting component, a focusing component, and an image sensor. The light-emitting component emits a detecting light to the measured object so that the measured object accordingly generates a reflecting light. The focusing component is utilized for focusing the reflecting light to the image sensor. The image sensor is utilized for generating the sensed image according to the reflecting light. The method comprises providing a calibrating object between the measured object and the focusing component, the calibrating object blocking a part of the detecting light and a part of the reflecting light for forming images respectively at a first calibration imaging location and a second calibration imaging location in the sensed image, and calibrating the sensed image according to the first calibration imaging location and the second calibration imaging location. 
     These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a diagram illustrating a conventional light-sensing system. 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a defocus calibration module according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating a part of the sensed image generated by the image sensor. 
         FIG. 4  is a waveform diagram of the signal that the calculating circuit obtains along the cut line shown in  FIG. 3 . 
         FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating the method of calibrating the sensed image according to the defocus parameter. 
         FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating a light-sensing system with defocus calibration function according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present invention provides a defocus calibration module applied in a light-sensing system. The defocus calibration module blocks a part of the detecting light and a part of the reflecting light for forming images at a first and a second calibration imaging locations in the sensed image, by means of disposing a calibrating object between the measured object and the focusing component. In this way, the defocus calibration module calculates a defocus parameter representing the defocus level of the light-sensing system according to the first and the second calibration imaging locations, and accordingly calibrates the sensed image so as to provide the user a clear image of the measured object. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 2 .  FIG. 2  is a diagram illustrating a defocus calibration module  200  according to an embodiment of the present invention. The defocus calibration module  200  is utilized for calibrating the sensing image SIM generated by the defocus light-sensing system  100 . The defocus calibration module  200  includes a calibrating object  210  and a calculating circuit  220 . The calibrating object  210  is located between the measured object MO and the focusing component  120 . The calibrating object  210  is utilized for block a part of the detecting light L D  and a part of the reflecting light L R  for respectively forming images at calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  in the sensed image SIM. For example, when the light-emitting component  110  emits an infra-red light as the detecting light L D , the calibrating object  210  is opaque to the infra-red light so as to block a part of the detecting light L D  and a part of the reflecting light L R . The calculating circuit  220  determines the defocus level of the light-sensing system  100  according to the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2 , and accordingly calibrates the sensed image SIM. More particularly, the light-sensing system  100  is out of focus because of an object-distance error ER O  and an image-distance error ER I . The object-distance error ER O  represents the difference between the distance, which is between the measured object MO and the focusing component  120 , and the front focal distance D of the focusing component  120 . That is, when the object-distance error ER O  is not equal to zero, it represents the measured object MO is not located on the front focal surface SU F  of the focusing component  120 . The image-distance error ER I  represents the difference between the distance, which is between the image sensor  130  and the focusing component  120 , and the back focal distance mD of the focusing component  120 . That is, when the image-distance error ERI I  is not equal to zero, it represents the image sensor  130  is not located on the back focal surface SU R  of the focusing component  120 . Hence, the defocus level of the light-sensing system can be determined according to the object-distance error ER O  and the image-distance error ER I . In  FIG. 2 , it is assumed that the distance between the measured object MO and the substrate  101  is d; the substrate  101  is located on the front focal surface SU F  of the focusing component  120 ; and the image sensor  130  is located on the back focal surface SU R  of the focusing component  120 . However, the meaning of the distance d actually represents the sum of the object-distance error ER O  and the image-distance error ER I . That is, even if the image sensor  130  is not located on the back focal surface SU R  of the focusing component  120  so that the image-distance error ER I  is not zero, the distance d can correctly represent the defocus level of the light-sensing system  100  as long as the distance d is set to be the sum of the object-distance error ER O  and the image-distance error ER I . In other words, the distance d is a defocus parameter which can represent the defocus level of the light-sensing system  100 . Therefore, in the present invention, the calculating circuit  220  calculates the defocus parameter d of the light-sensing system  100  according to the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2 , and calibrates the sensed image SIM according to the defocus parameter d. The operation principle of the defocus calibration module  200  is further illustrated in the following description. 
     First, the operation principle of the calculating circuit  220  calculating the defocus parameter d of the light-sensing system  100  according to the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  is illustrated as below. 
     In  FIG. 2 , the detecting light L D1  emits to the measured object MO at a predetermined incidence angle α, so that the measured object MO accordingly generates a reflecting light L R1 . When the reflecting light L R1  emits to the substrate  101 , the reflecting light L R1  is blocked by the calibrating object  210 . In addition, when the detecting light L D2  emits to the substrate  101  at the predetermined incidence angle α, the detecting light L D2  is blocked by the calibrating object  210 . Since the detecting light L D2  can not reach the measured object MO, the measured object does not generate the reflecting light L R2  (shown by the dashed line) corresponding to the detecting light L D2 . In other words, the image sensor  130  does not receive the reflecting lights L R1  and L R2 . For instance, please refer to  FIG. 3 .  FIG. 3  is a diagram illustrating a part of the sensed image SIM generated by the image sensor  130 . In  FIG. 3 , it is assumed that the calibrating object  210  is round and the measured object MO is a finger. The curves shown in  FIG. 3  represent the fingerprint of the finger. The circles respectively represent the regions where the image sensor  130  can not receive the reflecting lights L R1  and L R2  blocked by the calibrating object  210 . That is, the locations of the circles are the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  where the calibrating object  210  forms images in the sensed image SIM. More particularly, the calibrating object  210  blocks the reflecting light L R1  to form a blocking point P 1  on the substrate  101 , so that the blocking point P 1  forms image at the calibration image location LOC 1 ; the calibrating object  210  blocks the detecting light L D2  to form a blocking point P 2  on the substrate  101 , so that the blocking point P 2  forms image at the calibration image location LOC 2 . It can be seen in  FIG. 2  that the defocus parameter d can be calculated according to the following formula: 
                     d   =     δ     tan   ⁢           ⁢   α         ;           (   1   )               
wherein δ represents the distance between the blocking points P 1  and P 2 . Since the magnification of the focusing component  120  is m, the distance D C12  between the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  is equal to (m×δ). In other words, the calculating circuit  220  calculates the distance δ between the blocking points P 1  and P 2  according to the distance D C12  between the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  in the sensed image SIM, and further obtains the defocus parameter d. For instance, please refer to  FIG. 4 .  FIG. 4  is a waveform diagram of the signal that the calculating circuit  220  obtains along the cut line L in  FIG. 3 . When the image sensor  130  does not receive the reflecting light L R , the signal generated by the image sensor  130  has a lower value. As a result, in  FIG. 4 , the part of the signal lower a threshold value S TH  corresponds to the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2 . Hence, the locations of centers of the circles in  FIG. 3  is respectively obtained according to the pixels PIX 1 ˜PIX 2  and PIX 3 ˜PIX 4  of the image sensor  130  corresponding to the threshold value S TH . Since the locations of the centers of the circles are the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2 , the calculating circuit  220  can obtain the distance D C12  between the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2 , and calculates the defocus parameter d according to the following formula:
 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     The operation principle of the calculating circuit  220  calibrating the sensed image SIM according to the defocus parameter d of the light-sensing system  100  is illustrated as below. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 5 .  FIG. 5  is a diagram illustrating the method of calibrating the sensed image SIM according to the defocus parameter d. The clear image (shown in human shape by solid line) in the left part of  FIG. 5  represents the original image OIM of the measured object MO, and the distribution of the original image OIM of the measured object MO is represented by the function o(x,y), where x represents a value along the x-axis in the spatial domain and y represents a value along the y-axis in the spatial domain. The unclear image (shown in human shape by dashed line) in the right part of  FIG. 5  represents the sensed image SIM of the measured object MO, and the distribution of the sensed image SIM of the measured object MO is represented by the function i(x,y). The light-sensing system  100  is out of focus because of an assembling error (for instance, the assembling error causes the object-distance error ER O  and the image-distance error ER I ). Hence, the original image OIM of the measured object MO forms the unclear sensed image SIM on the image sensor  130  through the focusing component  120 . The relation among the sensed image SIM, the origin image OIM, and the light-sensing system is further illustrated in the following description. 
     The characteristics of the light-sensing system  100  can be represented by a Point Spread Function (PSF) h(x,y). According to “Fourier Optics”, the distribution function i(x,y) of the sensed image SIM is the convolution of the distribution function o(x,y) of the original image OIM and the point spread function h(x,y) of the light-sensing system  100 . Therefore, the relation among he distribution function i(x,y) of the sensed image SIM, the distribution function o(x,y) of the original image OIM, and the point spread function h(x,y) of the light-sensing system  100  is represented as the following formula:
 
 i ( x,y )= o ( x,y )* h ( x,y )+ n ( x,y )  (3);
 
wherein the symbol “*” in formula (3) represents convolution; and n(x,y) represents the distribution function of the received noise of the image sensor  130 . In addition, the point spread function h(x,y) of the light-sensing system  100  in formula (3) is determined according to the object distance between the measured object MO and the focusing component  120 , the image distance between the image sensor  130  and the focusing component  120 , the effective focal region A of the focusing component  120 , and the magnification m of the focusing component  120 . When the reflecting light L R  passes through the focusing component  120 , the image sensor  130  only can receive the reflecting light L R  passing through the effective focal region A of the focusing component  120 . For instance, the viewing angle of the image sensor  130  is θ FOV  shown in  FIG. 5 . Since the reflecting light L RD  out of the region of the viewing angle θ FOV  can not reach the image sensor  130 , the effective focal region A can be represented by the function P(X,Y), as the following formula, where X represents a value along the x-axis in the spatial frequency domain and Y represents a value along the y-axis in the spatial frequency domain:
 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     In addition, the length of the distance between the measured object MO and the focusing component  120  is equal to the sum of the defocus parameter d and the front focal distance D of the focusing component  120 . The length of the distance between the image sensor  130  and the focusing component  120  is equal to that of the back focal distance mD of the focusing component. Therefore, the point spread function h(x,y) of the light-sensing system  100  can be obtained according to the prior art about “Fourier Optics” (the process of calculating the point spread function h(x,y) is well-known by people skilled in the art, and will be omitted for brevity), and the point spread function h(x,y) is represented by the following formula: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
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     In this way, since the distribution function i(x,y) of the sensed image SIM and the point spread function h(x,y) are known, the calculating circuit  220  calculates the distribution function o(x,y) of the original image OIM of the measured object MO according to the following formula, by means of the Inverse Fourier Transform of formula (3): 
                       o   ⁡     (     x   ,   y     )       =         -   1       ⁢     {         I   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )         H   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )         ⁢                H   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2     ⁢            O   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2                    H   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2     ⁢            O   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2       +            N   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2           }         ;           (   6   )               
wherein ℑ −1  represents Inverse Fourier Transform; I(X,Y) represents a transferred sensed image function which is the fourier transform of the distribution function i(x,y) of the sensed image SIM; H(X,Y) represents a transferred point spread function which is the fourier transform of the point spread function h(x,y); and N(X,Y) represents a transferred noise function which is the fourier transform of the distribution function n(x,y) of the noise of the image sensor  130 . Provided that the noise of the image sensor  130  is a white noise,
 
                      N   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2              O   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2           
is equal to a predetermined constant Γ. In this way, the following formula is obtained according to the formula (6):
 
                       o   ⁡     (     x   ,   y     )       =         -   1       ⁢     {         I   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )         H   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )         ⁢              H   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2                H   ⁡     (     X   ,   Y     )            2     +   Γ         }         ;           (   7   )               
consequently, the distribution function o(x,y) of the original image OIM of the measured object MO is calculated by the calculating circuit  220  according to the formula (7).
 
     To sum up, in the defocus calibration module  200  of the present invention, the calculating circuit  220  calculates the point spread function h(x,y) of the light-sensing system  100  according the defocus parameter d. Since the distribution function i(x,y) of the sensed image SIM is the convolution of the distribution function o(x,y) of the original image OIM of the measured object MO and the point spread function h(x,y), the calculating circuit  220  calculates the distribution function o(x,y) of the original image OIM of the measured object MO by means of the method of Inverse Fourier Transform, so as to obtain the clear image of the measured object MO. 
     In addition, in the defocus calibration module  200  of the present invention, the calibrating object  210  can be disposed on the substrate  101  by means of ink-printing. As long as the location of the calibrating object  210  on the substrate  101  is properly designed, the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  are located at the edge region of the sensed image SIM. That is, although the calibrating object  210  blocks a part of the detecting light L D  and a part of the reflecting light L R , the reflecting light L R  generated by the main part of the measured object MO (for instance, the center part of the measured object MO) is not blocked by the calibrating object  210 , so that the sensed image SIM generated by the image sensor  130  does not lost the information about the main characteristics of the measured object MO. In addition, the calibrating object  210  is round shape or regular polygon shape so that the calculating circuit  220  can easily determine the calibration imaging locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  where the calibrating object  210  forms images in the sensed image SIM. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 6 .  FIG. 6  is a diagram illustrating a light-sensing system  600  with defocus calibration function according to an embodiment of the present invention. The light-sensing system  600  is utilized sensing a measured object MO so as to generate a sensed image SIM. The light-sensing system  600  includes a light-emitting component  610 , a focusing component  620 , an image sensor  630 , and a defocus calibration module  640 . The structure and the operation principle of the light-emitting component  610 , the focusing component  620 , and the image sensor  630  are respectively similar to those of the light-emitting component  110 , the focusing component  120 , and the image sensor  130 , and will not be repeated again for brevity. The defocus calibration module  640  includes a calibrating object  641 , and a calculating circuit  642 . The calibrating object  641  is disposed on the substrate  601 . The structure and the operation principle of the defocus calibration module  640 , the calibrating object  641 , and the calculating circuit  642  are respectively similar to those of the defocus calibration module  200 , the calibrating object  210 , and the calculating circuit  220 . The calibrating object  641  forms images at the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2  in the sensed image SIM. The calculating circuit  642  calculates a defocus parameter d representing the defocus level of the light-sensing system  600  according to the calibration image locations LOC 1  and LOC 2 . By means of the method illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the calculating circuit  642  calibrates the sensed image SIM according to the defocus parameter d so as to obtain the clear image of the measured object MO. 
     In conclusion, the present invention provides a defocus calibration module for calibrating a sensed image generated by a light-sensing system when the light-sensing system is out of focus. The defocus calibration module of the present invention respectively forms images at a first calibration image location and a second calibration image location by means of the calibrating object blocking a part of the detecting light and a part of the reflecting light. The calculating circuit of the defocus calibration module of the present invention calculates a defocus parameter representing the defocus level of the light-sensing system according to the first calibration image location and the second calibration image location. The point spread function of the light-sensing system is further obtained according to the defocus parameter. Since the sensed image generated by the image sensor is the convolution of the original image of the measured object and the point spread function, the calculating circuit calculates the clear original image of the measured object according to the sensed image and the point spread function. In addition, the present invention further provides a light-sensing system. Even if the light sensing system of the present invention has an assembling error or the measured object is not on the focal surface of the focusing component, the light-sensing system still can calibrate the sensed image generated by the image sensor by means of the defocus calibration module of the present invention, so as to obtain the clear image of the measured object. 
     Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention.