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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Stan Jirman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Many cameras have the ability to capture an image and generate metadata associated with the image. Such image metadata may include focus point metadata information that may be indicative of the potential focus points available to the camera as well as which one or more of those potential focus points were utilized to capture the image. As the location of a focus point used during image capture is generally intended to coincide with the location of the photographer's main area of interest within the image, such focus point metadata can be accessed during image editing and used to zoom in to the captured image at that focus point location. Performing a 'smart-zoom' based on an image's focus point metadata may save time and reduce frustration during the image editing process.