发明授权
- 专利标题: Method and apparatus for reducing continuous autofocus power consumption
- 专利标题(中): 减少连续自动对焦功耗的方法和装置
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申请号: US12706419申请日: 2010-02-16
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公开(公告)号: US08964103B2公开(公告)日: 2015-02-24
- 发明人: Marc Drader , James Alexander Robinson , Michael Lorne Purdy
- 申请人: Marc Drader , James Alexander Robinson , Michael Lorne Purdy
- 申请人地址: CA Waterloo
- 专利权人: BlackBerry Limited
- 当前专利权人: BlackBerry Limited
- 当前专利权人地址: CA Waterloo
- 代理机构: Ridout & Maybee LLP
- 主分类号: H04N5/232
- IPC分类号: H04N5/232 ; H04N101/00
摘要:
A method and apparatus providing an autofocus routine in a camera apparatus having a processor is disclosed. The camera apparatus is adapted to detect a number of images and communicate image signals representative thereof to the processor. The method includes determining that a degree of change between a first image signal and a second image signal is below a predetermined threshold and responsive thereto, performing the autofocus routine.