Techniques to automatically focus a digital camera

USRE49039E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Matthew W. Crowley · Los Altos, US
• Jeff Finkelstein · Alpharetta, US
• Richard R. Dellinger · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 22, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 19, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

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.