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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Yue Liu, Seatttle, WA (US);

Avnish Sikka, Seatttle, WA (US);

Assignee:

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 35/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23251 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of determining a tilt angle of a portable computing device using sensor data; identifying a tilt angle from a plurality of predetermined tilt angle ranges; determining focal length settings for image capture devices of the portable computing device using the tilt angle, adjustment increments, and autofocus scan range algorithms. A portable computing device including a processor; a first image capture device on a first side of the portable computing device, and a second image capture device on the second side of the portable computing device, the second side located opposite of the first side; and a memory device including instructions operable to be executed by the processor to perform a set of actions, enabling the portable computing device to perform the method.


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