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

Claim 0:
1. An imaging device, comprising:
a camera configured to obtain image information of a scene, wherein the camera is capable of autofocusing on a region of interest in the scene;
a LIDAR unit configured to obtain depth information of at least a portion of the scene; and
a processor configured to:
detect an object in the scene using image information obtained from the camera and first depth information obtained from the LIDAR unit;
provide one or more instructions to the LIDAR unit to obtain second depth information at a plurality of specified scan locations, wherein the 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
provide one or more instructions to the camera, based on obtained second depth information associated with the specified scan locations associated with the object, to adjust a focus of the camera to the region of interest and capture updated image information of the scene.