Patent ID: 9363426
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of providing an automatic camera selection based on device orientation, comprising: providing at least two camera lenses on a mobile device, the two camera lenses configured to face the same or substantially the same direction, at least one of the two camera lenses positioned along one edge of the mobile device and at least another one of the two camera lenses positioned along another edge of the mobile device; and enabling automatic selection of a camera lens among said at least two camera lenses for activation based on detecting a current orientation of the mobile device, the automatic selection further comprising, responsive to detecting an image of a face via one of the at least two camera lenses, automatically activating the camera lens that is located most directly above the face in the image, wherein an edge location on the mobile device directly above the face in the image is determined by projecting a line through one or more of a mouth, nose and between eyes in the image to top of the face in the image, and identifying the edge location of the mobile device that meets the line, and the camera lens located nearest to the edge location is activated.