Remote high resolution photography and video recording using a streaming video as a view-finder
First Claim
1. A method for acquiring remote high resolution photographs by a user using a streaming video as a view-finder, comprising:
- connecting a remote device to one or more photo-video acquisition devices individually comprising a camera, wherein the remote device is controlled by the user;
using a connected one of the cameras, generating a video of a scene viewed using the respective camera;
acquiring a high resolution photograph from the remote device using the video streamed from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices as a view-finder;
processing and transmitting the video and the high resolution photograph obtained from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices, using a joint video and still image pipeline; and
storing the video and the high resolution photograph for a first time after the generating and the transmitting.
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Abstract
Using a joint video and still image pipeline technology, a network may be deployed through the Internet so that a user may acquire a remote high resolution photograph using a low resolution video streamed from a remote camera as a view-finder. The remote camera may enable the user to exercise control from a remote device through the network or other communication channels. A network server may store the video and the high resolution photograph, and either sends the video and the high resolution photograph to the user upon payment or posts the video and the high resolution photograph on a web page.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for acquiring remote high resolution photographs by a user using a streaming video as a view-finder, comprising:
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connecting a remote device to one or more photo-video acquisition devices individually comprising a camera, wherein the remote device is controlled by the user;
using a connected one of the cameras, generating a video of a scene viewed using the respective camera;
acquiring a high resolution photograph from the remote device using the video streamed from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices as a view-finder;
processing and transmitting the video and the high resolution photograph obtained from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices, using a joint video and still image pipeline; and
storing the video and the high resolution photograph for a first time after the generating and the transmitting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23)
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11. An apparatus for acquiring remote high resolution photographs by a user using a streaming video as a view-finder, comprising:
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one or more photo-video acquisition devices capable of acquiring videos and high resolution photographs, wherein the videos and the high resolution photographs can be processed and transmitted using a joint video and still image pipeline;
a network linked to the one or more photo-video acquisition devices;
a remote device capable of logging onto the one or more photo-video acquisition devices through the network and acquiring the high resolution photographs, using videos streamed from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices as a view-finder;
a server coupled with the network and configured to host a web page, wherein the server is configured to post the videos and high resolution photographs generated using data acquired by the one or more photo-video acquisition devices and to download the videos and high resolution photographs to the remote device responsive to a command received from the remote device; and
wherein the photo-video acquisition devices are remote video cameras. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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26. A method for acquiring remote high resolution photographs by a user using a streaming video as a view-finder, comprising:
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connecting a remote device to one or more photo-video acquisition devices individually comprising a camera, wherein the remote device is controlled by the user;
using a connected one of the cameras, generating a video of a scene viewed using the respective camera;
acquiring a high resolution photograph from the remote device using the video streamed from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices as a view-finder;
processing and transmitting the video and the high resolution photograph obtained from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices, using a joint video and still image pipeline;
communicating a command from the user to the camera;
altering an operation the camera with respect to the generation of the video responsive to the command; and
wherein the communicating the command comprises communicating using a communications channel different than the joint video and still image pipeline.
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