Patent ID: 8941722
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing focus control, the method comprising: capturing an image frame using an image-capturing device; recording video tracking data for at least one image frame prior to the captured image frame and following the captured image frame; recording gaze tracking data for the at least one image frame prior to the captured image frame and following the captured image frame, wherein the recording video tracking data step further comprises determining at least one moving object based at least partially on the recorded video tracking data, wherein the recording gaze tracking data step further comprises determining movement of at least one focus area based at least partially on the recorded gaze data; correlating the at least one moving object with the movement of the at least one focus area; determining, based at least partially on the correlating step, at least one object the image-capturing device is focusing on; determining whether the image-capturing device focuses on a single object during a time frame that comprises the captured image frame and the at least one image frame following the captured image frame; in response to determining the image-capturing device focuses on a single object during the time frame, calculating a focus distance and a depth of field associated with the single object based at least partially on at least one of (i) the recorded video tracking data for the at least one image frame prior to the captured image frame, (ii) the recorded video tracking data for the at least one image frame following the captured image frame, (iii) the recorded gaze tracking data for the at least one image frame prior to the captured image frame, or (iv) the recorded gaze tracking data for the at least one image frame following the captured image frame; and displaying the captured image frame based at least partially on the calculated focus distance and the calculated depth of field.