Electronic device with automatic eye gaze tracking and camera adjustment

A method comprising:

• capturing, via at least one front facing camera of an electronic device, a first image stream containing a face of a first user;
• determining, via at least one processor, a first eye gaze direction of the first user based on a first image retrieved from the first image stream, the first eye gaze direction corresponding to a first location where the first user is looking;
• and
• in response to determining that the first user is looking away from a front surface of the electronic device and towards a direction within a field of view (FOV) of at least one rear facing camera of the electronic device:
• identifying image characteristics of the first location;
• generating at least one camera setting of a selected rear facing camera at least partially based on the first eye gaze direction and identified characteristics of the first location;
• adjusting the selected rear facing camera using the generated at least one camera setting such that the selected rear facing camera focuses on the first location;
• and
• activating the selected rear facing camera as an active camera.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage device having stored thereon program code which, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device having a front surface, a rear surface, at least one front facing camera, at least one rear facing camera, and a memory, enables the electronic device to complete functionality of:
• capturing, via the at least one front facing camera, a first image stream containing a face of a first user;
• determining a first eye gaze direction of the first user based on a first image retrieved from the first image stream, the first eye gaze direction corresponding to a first location where the first user is looking;
• and
• in response to determining that the first user is looking away from the front surface of the electronic device and towards a direction within a field of view (FOV) of the at least one rear facing camera:
• identifying image characteristics of the first location;
• generating at least one camera setting of a selected rear facing camera at least partially based on the first eye gaze direction and identified characteristics of the first location;
• adjusting the selected rear facing camera using the generated at least one camera setting such that the selected rear facing camera focuses on the first location;
• and
• activating the selected rear facing camera as an active camera.