Digital image production method and apparatus
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1. A method for producing a digital image, comprising:
- capturing automatically a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene in response to an image capture request, each uncompressed digital image being captured at a different exposure; and
storing the plurality of uncompressed digital images as a single data object.
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Abstract
Multiple uncompressed digital images, each at a different exposure, may be captured automatically in response to an image capture request. The set of uncompressed digital images may be stored as a single data object and manipulated to produce a final digital image.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for producing a digital image, comprising:
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capturing automatically a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene in response to an image capture request, each uncompressed digital image being captured at a different exposure; and
storing the plurality of uncompressed digital images as a single data object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A digital imaging device, comprising:
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an imaging module to convert optical images to uncompressed digital images;
image capture logic configured to capture automatically, in response to an image capture request, a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene produced by the imaging module, the image capture logic being configured to capture each uncompressed digital image in the plurality at a different exposure; and
a memory in which to store the plurality of uncompressed digital images, the image capture logic being configured to store the plurality of uncompressed digital images as a single data object. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An image editing system, comprising:
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a memory in which to store a single data object comprising a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene, each uncompressed digital image having been captured at a different exposure automatically by a digital imaging device in response to an image capture request; and
image editing logic configured to manipulate at least one of the uncompressed digital images in the plurality to produce a final digital image. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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- 35. A computer-readable storage medium containing digital image data, the digital image data comprising a single data object, the single data object comprising a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene captured automatically by a digital imaging device in response to an image capture request, each uncompressed digital image having been captured at a different exposure.
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41. A digital imaging device, comprising:
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means for converting optical images to uncompressed digital images;
means for capturing automatically, in response to an image capture request, a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene produced by the means for converting optical images to uncompressed digital images, each uncompressed digital image in the plurality being captured at a different exposure; and
means for storing the plurality of uncompressed digital images as a single data object.
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42. An image editing system, comprising:
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means for storing a single data object comprising a plurality of uncompressed digital images of a scene, each uncompressed digital image having been captured at a different exposure automatically by a digital imaging device in response to an image capture request; and
means for manipulating at least one of the uncompressed digital images in the plurality to produce a final digital image.
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