Patent ID: 11915502
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device that includes a camera and a LIDAR unit, cause the device to:
obtain image information of a scene from the camera;
obtain first depth information of at least a portion of the scene with the LIDAR unit configured to obtain depth information;
detect an object in the scene using the image information obtained from the camera and first depth information obtained from the LIDAR unit;
obtain updated depth information from the LIDAR unit at a plurality of specified scan locations, wherein the plurality of specified scan locations are characterized by a first scan point density for a first portion of the scene associated with the object and a second scan point density for a second portion of the scene, and wherein the first scan point density is greater than the second scan point density; and
focus the camera based on the updated depth information of the second plurality of specified scan locations associated with the object and capture updated image information of the scene.