METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING

摘要

A method, apparatus, and system for continuously focusing an imaging device in a video mode is disclosed. An autofocus process is used to adjust the distance between an image sensor and a lens in the imaging device based on one or more hidden frames that are not output as part of the video frame output. The hidden frames can have a smaller resolution than the output frames and can be captured under different conditions than the video output frames.