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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:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard L. Baer, Los Altos, CA (US);

Andrew David Fernandez, San Jose, CA (US);

Santiago Alban, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 13/22 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/285 (2013.01); G02B 13/22 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.


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