A method for autofocusing a camera of a mobile device while imaging a low contrast or less well-defined surface includes the steps of: providing a mobile device software application for image capture affixing or printing at least one or more marker patterns on the low contrast or less well-defined surface imaging by the mobile device camera the low contrast or less well-defined surface identifying by the application the at least one or more marker patterns focusing the mobile device camera by the application based on the at least one or more marker patterns and acquiring an in focus image by the mobile device camera of the low contrast or less well-defined surface. An adhesive strip imaging assist device for autofocusing a mobile phone camera and an autofocus apparatus with marker pattern projector and marker pattern projector method are also described.
