Correcting photographs obtained by a handheld device

• US 20070104479A1
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aptina Imaging Corporation (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Inventors: Machida, Akihiro
• Application Number:
  US11/272,400
• Publication Number:
  US 20070104479A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/429
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00172 directly from a still digital camera or from a storage medium mounted in a still digital camera H04N1/0018 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0096 Portable devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/68 for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6812 based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/682 Vibration or motion blur correction

Abstract

A method that enables correction of photographs obtained by a handheld device without equipping the handheld device with bulky and expensive motion compensation mechanisms or expensive processing resources for supporting correction algorithms. A method for correcting a photograph according to the present teachings includes transferring the photograph from the handheld device to a remote system and then obtaining a corrected photograph from the remote system. The fact that a remote system corrects the photograph obviates the need for expensive mechanisms/resources in the handheld device.

Claims

1. A method for correcting a photograph obtained by a handheld device, comprising:

transferring the photograph from the handheld device to a remote system;

obtaining a corrected photograph from the remote system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a corrected photograph includes obtaining a corrected photograph with blur correction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein transferring the photograph includes transferring a set of motion data pertaining to the photograph to the remote system.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein transferring the photograph includes transferring the photograph and the motion data in a multimedia message.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising generating the motion data in the handheld device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein obtaining a corrected photograph includes obtaining a corrected photograph with blur correction from the motion data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a corrected photograph includes transferring the corrected photograph to the handheld device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a corrected photograph includes transferring the corrected photograph to another handheld device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining a corrected photograph includes obtaining the corrected photograph using a web access.

10. A system for correcting a photograph, comprising:

handheld device that acquires a photograph;

remote system that obtains the photograph from the handheld device and that in response provides access to a corrected version of the photograph.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the corrected version of the photograph includes blur correction.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the handheld device includes an accelerometer for generating a set of motion data associated with the photograph.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the remote system obtains the motion data from the handheld device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the corrected version of the photograph includes blur correction using the motion data.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the remote system obtains the photograph and the motion data via a network.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the remote system obtains the photograph and the motion data in a multimedia message via the network.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the remote system transfers the corrected version of the photograph to the handheld device.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the remote system transfers the corrected version of the photograph to another handheld device.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the remote system enables web access to the corrected version of the photograph.