TY - JOUR AU1 - Baltag, Octavian AU2 - AB - Science Innovation 2015; 3(1): 1-17 Published online March 2, 2015 (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/si) doi: 10.11648/j.si.20150301.11 ISSN: 2328-7861 (Print); ISSN: 2328-787X (Online) 1, 2 Octavian Baltag Terraflux Control Ltd., Iasi, Romania Department of Biomedical Engineering, “Grigore T. Popa” Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania Email address: octavian.baltag@bioinginerie.ro To cite this article: Octavian Baltag. History of Automatic Focusing Reflected by Patents. Science Innovation. Vol. 3, No. 1, 2015, pp. 1-17. doi: 10.11648/j.si.20150301.11 Abstract: The work presents the evolution of a technical idea concerning the automatic image focusing in photo cameras, TV cameras and camcorder-type recording cameras. The work aims to present both the evolution of the technical solutions, and a Romanian priority concerning the automatic focusing reached by the technologies of the optical and electronic industries of image taking only 15 years after having been patented in Romania the most utilized principles, namely the dynamic analysis of image contrast, a principle used in commercialized cameras after the years ’80. Keywords: Autofocus, Patents, History, Contrast Image, Phase Contrast, Photocamera 1. Introduction In order to obtain sharp images in the photo or video together such that, irrespective of the distance, the cameras, an operation called adjustment for definition or accommodation is performed automatically, through TI - History of Automatic Focusing Reflected by Patents JF - Science Innovation DO - 10.11648/j.si.20150301.11 DA - 2015-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/history-of-automatic-focusing-reflected-by-patents-E2lHd3sFsm DP - DeepDyve ER -