Patent ID: 7860382
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G02B,G03B,G06F,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a mobile phone comprising a video-call camera arrangement to record images or video sequences of an eye of a user of the mobile phone, in a first operational mode for obtaining gazing directions of the user and, in a second operational mode, for providing images or video sequences of the user during a video-call; and an image-capturing camera arrangement, including an autofocus arrangement, for recording images or video sequences of an environment surrounding the mobile phone, the method comprising: recording, by the image-capturing camera arrangement, an image or video sequence of the environment; reproducing, by a display arrangement of the mobile phone, the recorded image or video sequence of the environment; recording, by the video-call camera arrangement in the first operational mode, images or video sequences of the eye of the user; obtaining a gazing direction of the user, relative to the reproduced recorded image or video sequence of the environment, from the recorded images or video sequences of the eye of the user; selecting a focusing area in the reproduced image or video sequence, based on the obtained gazing direction; and focusing the recorded image or video sequence of the environment, using the autofocus arrangement, to sharpen the recorded image or video sequence within the selected focusing area.