Motion triggered gated imaging
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1. A digital image capture unit, comprising:
- a gated image sensor configured to operate multiple sensor exposure events that occur during a single image frame readout, the single image frame readout starting with a shutter opening and ending with the shutter closing;
a motion monitor configured to monitor motion related to the digital image capture unit; and
a controller configured to instruct the gated image sensor to discard a sensor exposure event of the multiple sensor exposure events in response to a temporally corresponding monitored motion related to the digital image capture unit failing to meet a motion requirement, wherein the sensor exposure event and the temporally corresponding monitored motion occurred at a same time.
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Abstract
In one example, a digital image capture unit comprises a gated image sensor configured to operate multiple sensor exposure events per a single image frame readout. The digital image capture unit further comprises a motion monitor configured to monitor motion related to the digital image capture unit. The digital image capture unit further comprises a controller configured to instruct the gated image sensor to discard a sensor exposure event of the multiple sensor exposure events in response to a temporally corresponding monitored motion related to the digital image capture unit failing to meet a motion requirement.
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1. A digital image capture unit, comprising:
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a gated image sensor configured to operate multiple sensor exposure events that occur during a single image frame readout, the single image frame readout starting with a shutter opening and ending with the shutter closing; a motion monitor configured to monitor motion related to the digital image capture unit; and a controller configured to instruct the gated image sensor to discard a sensor exposure event of the multiple sensor exposure events in response to a temporally corresponding monitored motion related to the digital image capture unit failing to meet a motion requirement, wherein the sensor exposure event and the temporally corresponding monitored motion occurred at a same time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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operating, by a gated image sensor of a digital image capture unit, multiple sensor exposure events that occur during a single image frame readout, the single image frame readout starting with a shutter opening and ending with the shutter closing; monitoring, by a motion monitor of the digital image capture unit, motion related to the digital image capture unit; and instructing, by a controller of the digital image capture unit, the gated image sensor to discard a sensor exposure event of the multiple sensor exposure events in response to a temporally corresponding monitored motion related to the digital image capture unit failing to meet a motion requirement, wherein the sensor exposure event and the temporally corresponding monitored motion occurred at a same time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a digital image capture unit, comprising; a gated image sensor configured to operate multiple sensor exposure events that occur during a single image frame readout, the single image frame readout starting with a shutter opening and ending with the shutter closing; a motion monitor configured to monitor motion related to the digital image capture unit; and a controller configured to instruct the gated image sensor to discard a sensor exposure event of the multiple sensor exposure events in response to a temporally corresponding monitored motion related to the digital image capture unit failing to meet a motion requirement, wherein the sensor exposure event and the temporally corresponding monitored motion occurred at a same time.
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