Real-Time Auto-Focus System Design Based on Climbing Algorithm and its FPGA Implementation

In real-time imaging applications, the auto-focus algorithm and hardware structure must be adapted to the limited resources for fast and accurate real-time auto-focusing. In this paper, to obtain more precision, a new clarity evaluation function base on image´s edge energy is proposed. Then, we present the corresponding FPGA hardware implementation which has simple structure. Additionally, utilizing the prior knowledge during the climbing process, a new climbing algorithm for the auto-focus which has the random start point is proposed. The experiment results show the proposed auto-focus algorithm can reduce the steps during the climbing and accelerate the auto-focus speed simultaneously.