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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJeremy Jones, Nikhil Bhogal, Ralph T. Brunner
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Several methods for operating a built-in digital camera of a portable, handheld electronic device are described. In one embodiment, the device receives a user selection (e.g., tap, tap and hold, gesture) of a region displayed on the display screen (e.g., touch sensitive screen). A touch to focus mode may then be initiated in response to the user selection and exposure and focus parameters determined and adjusted. Then, an automatic scene detection mechanism can determine whether a scene has changed. If the scene has changed, then the touch to focus mode ends and a default automatic focus mode initiates. This mode sets a new exposure metering area and focus area prior to determining and adjusting exposure and focus parameters, respectively.
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A machine-implemented method for adjusting settings of a camera as the camera captures images, the camera comprising a touch-sensitive display screen for displaying images captured by the camera, the method comprising:
An image capturing device, the image capturing device comprising:
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for execution by at least one processing unit of an electronic device, the electronic device having a built-in digital camera and a display screen for displaying captured images, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 45, wherein the set of instructions for specifying the selected region as the exposure metering area further comprises a set of instructions for determining a size and a location for the exposure metering area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.