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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Derek A. Devries, San Francisco, CA (US);
Derek A. Devries, San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of a mobile-device control with a plurality of rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors including the step of providing a mobile device. The mobile device comprises an array comprising a plurality of rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors. Each fixed-focus image sensors comprises a different focus range value. The method includes the step of associating each rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors with a command input of the mobile device. The method includes the step of detecting a specified object in a depth of field of a specified rear-facing fixed-focus image sensor of the rear-facing fixed-focus image sensors. The method includes the step of implementing the command input of the mobile device associated with the specified rear-facing fixed-focus image sensor.