Focused areas in an image

A portable device (10) comprising;

• a first camera arrangement (24a) for recording images of a face of an user (50) of the portable device (10);
• a second camera arrangement (24b) comprising an autofocus arrangement for recording at least one image of an environment surrounding the portable device (10);
• a display arrangement (22) for reproducing the recorded images of the environment surrounding the portable device (10);
• and
• an autofocus-control (40) for focusing an image in the portable device (10), the autofocus-control (40) is to:
• obtain a plurality of gazing directions for the user (50) from images recorded by the first camera arrangement (24a);
• select a plurality of focusing areas in the images reproduced by the display arrangement (22), depending on the obtained gazing directions;
• and
• process said at least one image of the environment so as to create a final image that is focused within the areas defined by the plurality of focusing areas.

A computer program product stored on a computer usable medium, comprising readable program instruction for causing a portable device (10) to execute a method, when said program instructions are loaded in the portable device (10), comprising:

• a first camera arrangement (24a) for recording images of a face of an user (50) of the portable device (10);
• a second camera arrangement (24b) comprising an autofocus arrangement for recording images of an environment surrounding the portable device (10);
• a display arrangement (22) for reproducing the recorded images of the environment surrounding the portable device (10);
• and
• an autofocus-control (40) for focusing an image in the portable device (10), the method comprising:
• recording at least one image of the environment by the second camera arrangement (24b);
• obtaining a plurality of gazing directions of the user (50) from images recorded by the first camera arrangement (24a);
• selecting a plurality of focusing areas in the image reproduced by the display arrangement (22) depending on the obtained gazing directions;
• and
• processing said at least one image of the environment so as to create a final image that is focused within areas defined by the plurality of focusing areas.

A computer program element having a program recorded thereon, where the program is to make a portable device (10) to execute a method, when said program is loaded in the portable device (10), the portable device comprising:

• a first camera arrangement (24a) for recording images of a face of an user (50) of the portable device (10);
• a second camera arrangement (24b) comprising an autofocus arrangement for recording images of an environment surrounding the portable device (10);
• a display arrangement (22) for reproducing the recorded images of the environment surrounding the portable device (10);
• and
• an autofocus-control (40) for focusing an image in the portable device (10), the method comprising:
• recording at least one image of the environment by the second camera arrangement (24b);
• obtaining a plurality of gazing directions for the user (50) from images Recorded by the first camera arrangement (24a), at least one gazing direction of the plurality of gazing directions being obtained based on at least one of the face of the user or at least one eye of the user;
• selecting a plurality of focusing area's in the image reproduced by the display (22) depending on the obtained gazing directions;
• and
• processing said at least one image of the environment so as to create a final image that is focused within areas defined by the plurality of focusing areas.