Patent ID: 9420166
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an input configured to receive signals from a camera unit having an image sensor with a plurality of image detectors, the signals comprising first signals received from first pixel detectors corresponding to a first image area and second signals received from second pixel detectors corresponding to a second image area surrounding the first image area; and at least one processor configured to: receive the first and second signals from the input; automatically control camera settings of a setting group comprising at least one of focus control, exposure control and white balance control, based on the first signals; predict changes in the setting group based on the second signals; and detect a change in the first image area and use the predicted changes to adapt the automatic control of the camera settings of the setting group; the apparatus further comprising, an output configured to output control signals to the camera unit, the control signals being configured to control the camera settings of the setting group; wherein: the at least one processor is further configured to predict changes in the first and second signals; and the at least one processor is further configured to perform the predicting of the changes in the setting group based on the predicted changes in the first and second signals.