Patent ID: 8497928

Claim:
A mobile electronic device, comprising: a lens component coupled to a lens position component; a touchscreen display to display an image having a first focal point; and one or more processors to provide: a focal point selection module to receive a user input of a first type to select a second focal point, the second focal point corresponding to a location on the image displayed on the touchscreen display; a focus control module coupled to the focal point selection module to provide one or more focus control signals to the lens position component in order to cause the lens position component to focus the lens component from the first focal point to the second focal point while the image is being displayed; a flash component coupled to a flash control module, wherein the flash control module is configured to select a flash level value representing a flash intensity for the flash component based on the second focal point; and wherein the one or more processors captures the image, based on the flash level value, in response to a second type of user input on the touchscreen display, the second type of user input being different than the first type of user input.