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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark N. Gamadia, Campbell, CA (US);
Abhishek Dhanda, San Ramon, CA (US);
Gregory Guyomarc'h, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew D. Fernandez, San Jose, CA (US);
Moshe Laifenfeld, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232121 (2018.08);
Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for determining autofocus for a camera on a mobile device. In some instances, depth imaging is used to assist in determining a focus position for the camera through an autofocus process. For example, a determination of depth may be used to determine a focus position for the camera. In another example, the determination of depth may be used to assist another autofocus process.