Patent ID: 11953755
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. The mobile multifunction device of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
at least one of:
transition from a first camera mode to a second camera mode, wherein:
in the first camera mode, the first camera unit is designated as a primary camera for focusing and the second camera unit is designated as a subordinate camera for focusing; and
in the second camera mode, the second camera unit is designated as the primary camera for focusing and the first camera unit is designated as the subordinate camera for focusing; or

transition from the second camera mode to the first camera mode; and

cause the primary camera to focus on an image subject of the one or more respective image subjects based at least in part on image content corresponding to the image subject;
cause the subordinate camera to focus on the image subject based at least in part on the focus relationship; and
maintain continuity of focus on the image subject by the primary camera and the subordinate camera across the at least one of the transition from the first camera mode to the second camera mode or the transition from the second camera mode to the first camera mode.