Method of making a digital camera image of a first scene with a superimposed second scene
First Claim
1. A digital image acquisition device including an optical system having first and second lens systems for acquiring digital images, and one or more processor-readable media having embodied therein processor-readable code for programming one or more processors to perform the method comprising the following, not necessarily in the order stated:
- superimposing on a representation of a first scene a subject locator symbol, the representation of the first scene acquired through the first lens system of the digital image acquisition device;
after superimposing the subject locator symbol, acquiring a representation of a second scene through a second lens system of the digital image acquisition device;
scaling at least part of the representation of the second scene to substantially the same size as the subject locator symbol; and
inserting the scaled part of the representation of the second scene into the representation of the first scene at the position of the subject locator symbol to form a composite image,wherein the subject locator symbol is directly scalable and positionable relative to the representation of the first scene in response to user input provided to the subject locator symbol, prior to acquiring the representation of the second scene.
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Abstract
A method of making an image in a digital camera comprises capturing a digital image of a scene into which the camera user is to be inserted, and superimposing a symbol (subject locator) onto the scene image representing at least a part of a human subject. The subject locator is scaled to a desired size and moved to a desired position relative to the scene image. Next a digital image of the user is captured, and at least the part of the user image represented by the subject locator is extracted. The part of the user image represented by the subject locator is scaled (before or after extraction) to substantially the same size as the subject locator and inserted into the first image at the position of the subject locator. In a second embodiment the method comprises displaying a preview image of a scene into which the camera user is to be inserted, and superimposing the subject locator on the preview image. The subject locator is scaled to a desired size and moved to a desired position relative to the edges of the preview image. Face detection detects the camera user entering the scene displayed by the preview image. The preview image is scaled and panned to bring the part of the preview image represented by the subject locator to substantially the same size and position as the subject locator. Finally, a digital image of the scene is captured.
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1. A digital image acquisition device including an optical system having first and second lens systems for acquiring digital images, and one or more processor-readable media having embodied therein processor-readable code for programming one or more processors to perform the method comprising the following, not necessarily in the order stated:
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superimposing on a representation of a first scene a subject locator symbol, the representation of the first scene acquired through the first lens system of the digital image acquisition device; after superimposing the subject locator symbol, acquiring a representation of a second scene through a second lens system of the digital image acquisition device; scaling at least part of the representation of the second scene to substantially the same size as the subject locator symbol; and inserting the scaled part of the representation of the second scene into the representation of the first scene at the position of the subject locator symbol to form a composite image, wherein the subject locator symbol is directly scalable and positionable relative to the representation of the first scene in response to user input provided to the subject locator symbol, prior to acquiring the representation of the second scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of forming a composite image in a digital image acquisition device, comprising the following acts, not necessarily in the order stated:
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displaying on a screen of the image acquisition device a representation of a first scene acquired through a first lens system of the digital image acquisition device; superimposing on the representation of the first scene on the screen a subject locator symbol, wherein the subject locator symbol is directly scalable and positionable relative to the representation of the first scene in response to user input provided to the subject locator symbol; after superimposing, acquiring a representation of a second scene through a second lens system; scaling at least a part of the representation of the second scene to substantially the same size as the subject locator symbol; and inserting the scaled part of the representation of the second scene into the representation of the first scene to form the composite image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A digital image acquisition device including a screen, an optical system having first and second lens systems for acquiring digital images, and one or more processor-readable media having embodied therein processor-readable code for programming one or more processors to perform the method comprising the following, not necessarily in the order stated:
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displaying on the screen of the image acquisition device a representation of a first scene acquired through the first lens system; superimposing on the representation of the first scene on the screen a subject locator symbol, wherein the subject locator symbol is directly scalable and positionable relative to the representation of the first scene in response to user input provided to the subject locator symbol; acquiring a representation of a second scene through the second lens system; scaling at least a part of the representation of the second scene to substantially the same size as the subject locator symbol; and inserting the scaled part of the representation of the second scene into the representation of the first scene to form a composite image. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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