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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Yinhu Chen, Deerfield, IL (US);

Daniel Bloom, Loveland, CO (US);

Susan Yanqing Xu, Westmont, IL (US);

Valeriy Marchevsky, Glenview, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/285 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
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.


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