Getting/Setting Focus Amount of Camera - Android Software Development

Hey guys, I'm new to xda but excited to get involved! I'm a student researcher at Duke University working in the mobile computing space. The current research I'm doing is kind of stuck right now because I need to somehow access the focus of the camera, which is unavailable from the java sdk. Even just getting the camera's focus amount after an autofocus would be a big help.
Does anyone know any libraries, kernels, source code, or commands that might be useful? With your help, this research could potentially lead to a product similar to the Playstation Move or Xbox Kinect on the modern smartphone.
Thanks in advance!

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Being able to know and many rounds you have fired.
able to tell distance, direction and elevation the shots originating from.
Able to tell what round was fired.
The hardware:
Will be tested on Oakley M frames. I am drafting up at the moment.
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there will be small mics around the helmet. This is what will give direction.
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I don't actually understand what kind of help you need. Do you need hardware or software help? And if you plan on an endeavor such as this how do you plan to obtain funding?
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can you elaborate it a bit more,seriously I could not make out where you need help
I'm sorry guys, I think my sleep meds started kicking in and I just zone out.
Basically I want to make a small projector with the hardware provided to project an image onto the lens of my Oakley eye pro. The mobo in the camera has some sort of OS. I don't know what it is (I would think Unix of some sort).
There is more to it, but the hardest things is getting the projector work right and have control from a smartphone.
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So what do you need from us? I'm confused...
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It sounds like the basic concept is there. I'm guessing you are looking for technical help to make this a practical reality.
So far I see that you have most of the sensors planned out:
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-mics
And the output:
-LCD from the camera
But it seems to me you need a microcontroller somewhere in there. You could use an Atmega (the kind Arduino boards use) or Microchip (probably 18f series) or AVR. I'm sure there are others. Depending on your level experience you may decide to go with Arduino (which are a little more expensive (usually $15+) then the others but includes it's own programmer (assuming you get one that has the USB on the board) and are easy to program (Arduino IDE has lots of code examples)) or you can go for a more low level one like a Microchip 18f4550 ($5) for example and program in C (I think this costs) or assembly (free) but you'll need to understand registers and some of the lower level aspects to microcontrollers (however there are free very in depth datasheets that will give you all the information (you'll just need a few months to digest it).
Those are just some ideas, this projects sounds quite awesome though. It may take you a 6 month to year to do though.

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