Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Identifying a focus point in a scene utilizing a plurality of cameras
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Application No.: US15459621Application Date: 2017-03-15
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Publication No.: US10250795B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Yinhu Chen , Daniel Bloom , Susan Yanqing Xu , Valeriy Marchevsky
- Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yudell Isidore PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/247 ; G02B7/28

Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program product to obtain a focus point of a current scene. The method includes performing a first focus procedure in a first direction via a main lens of a main camera of an image capturing device having at least two cameras. The method further includes concurrently performing a second autofocus procedure in a second direction that is opposite the first direction via at least one auxiliary lens of at least one auxiliary camera. The method further includes identifying a focus point within autofocus data collected during the first and second focus procedure. The method further includes, in response to determining the focus point was identified by the at least one auxiliary camera: terminating the first focus procedure; and automatically synchronizing a position of the main lens to that of the at least one auxiliary lens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180270408A1 IDENTIFYING A FOCUS POINT IN A SCENE UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS Public/Granted day:2018-09-20
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