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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. 18, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Crowley, Los Altos, CA (US);

Jeff Finkelstein, San Francisco, CA (US);

Richard Dellinger, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/36 (2020.12); H04N 5/232 (2005.12); G02B 7/28 (2020.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/36 (2012.12); G02B 7/285 (2012.12); H04N 5/232127 (2018.07); H04N 5/232935 (2018.07);
Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to techniques to automatically focus a digital camera. In one or more embodiments, a mobile electronics device may comprise a digital camera having a lens component and lens position component. A display may be coupled to the digital camera to reproduce an image with a first focal point. The digital camera may also include a focal point selection module coupled to the display to select a second focal point for the image and a focus control module coupled to the focal point selection module and the lens position component to provide focus control signals to the lens position component to focus the lens component on the second focal point. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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