Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for comprehensive focusing in imaging environments

An apparatus comprising:

• an imaging engine;
• and
• one or more processors operationally coupled with the imaging engine, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to:
• project, during a first time occasion, an aimer pattern onto a target object within a field of view of a first imager of the imaging engine;
• acquire, during the first time occasion, a first image of the target object via the first imager;
• select a lens focusing scheme based at least in part on a detectability level of the aimer pattern in the first image, wherein selection of the lens focusing scheme is between a first lens focusing scheme associated with a location of the aimer pattern and a second lens focusing scheme associated with at least one predefined lens position;
• and
• determine a focus position for a lens in the imaging engine in accordance with the lens focusing scheme.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer program code stored thereon that, in execution with at least one processor, is configured for:

• projecting, during a first time occasion, an aimer pattern onto a target object within a field of view of a first imager of an imaging engine;
• acquiring, during the first time occasion, a first image of the target object via the first imager;
• selecting a lens focusing scheme based at least in part on a detectability level of the aimer pattern in the first image, wherein selection of the lens focusing scheme is between a first lens focusing scheme associated with a location of the aimer pattern and a second lens focusing scheme associated with at least one predefined lens position;
• and
• determining a focus position for a lens in the imaging engine in accordance with the lens focusing scheme.