US 11,758,260 B1
Electronic device with automatic camera selection based on eye gaze direction
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore (IN); and Rahul Bharat Desai, Hoffman Estates, IL (US)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/682,278.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/611 (2023.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01)
CPC H04N 23/611 (2023.01) [G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G10L 15/1815 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a front surface and a rear surface;
at least one front facing camera and at least one rear facing camera;
a memory having stored thereon a camera selection and control module (CSCM) for selecting an active camera from among the at least one front facing camera and the at least one rear facing camera for use by the electronic device; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to each of the at least one front facing camera, each of the at least one rear facing camera, and to the memory, the at least one processor executing program code of the CSCM, which enables the electronic device to:
capture, via the at least one front facing camera, a first image stream containing a face of a first user;
determine 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, select, 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.