Patent Document ID: 10104292
Application ID: 15228723
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for generating an image with a depth of field effect, comprising: capturing with a first focus plane a first image frame of a scene with a primary subject in focus and at least a portion of a background of the scene having a first defocus level; capturing with a second focus plane tilted at a different tilt axis relative to the first image frame and with an alternative focus relative to the first image frame at least a second image frame of the scene such that the portion of the background of the scene has a second defocus level that is different from the first defocus level, wherein the second focus plane is tilted such that the background of the scene is farther away from the second focus plane to one side of the primary subject; and combining pixels from the first image frame and from at least the second image frame based on a predetermined heuristic to generate a resulting image of the scene having a desired depth of field effect.