US Patent Issued to Lenovo (Singapore) on Dec. 9 for "Camera focus based on subject priority" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,209, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Camera focus based on subject priority" was invented by Nathan Peterson (Morrisville, N.C.), Arnold Weksler (Morrisville, N.C.), Russell Speight VanBlon (Morrisville, N.C.), Mark Delaney (Morrisville, N.C.) and John C. Mese (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor to determine on which of a first person and a second person to auto-focus using a digital camera, with the determination being based on da...