Electronic device with automatic camera selection based on eye gaze direction

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 an electronic device and towards a direction within a field of view (FOV) of at least one rear facing camera, selecting, as an active camera, a corresponding one of at least one rear facing camera with a FOV containing the first location to which the first user is looking, the active camera selected at least partially based on optimal camera settings generated for each of the at least one rear facing cameras in part based on identified/detected characteristics of the first location.

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, selecting, as an active camera, a corresponding one of the at least one rear facing cameras with a FOV containing the first location to which the first user is looking, the active camera selected at least partially based on optimal camera settings generated for each of the at least one rear facing cameras in part based on identified/detected characteristics of the first location.