Remote high resolution photography and video recording using a streaming video as a view-finder
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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:
- 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;
communicating a command from the user to the camera wherein the communicating the command comprises communicating using a communications channel different than a pipeline configured to communicate the video and high resolution photograph and wherein the communications channel and the pipeline comprise different physical media configured to communicate electrical signals in parallel;
altering an operation the camera with respect to the generation of the video responsive to the command; and
processing and transmitting the video and the high resolution photograph obtained from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices.
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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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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; communicating a command from the user to the camera wherein the communicating the command comprises communicating using a communications channel different than a pipeline configured to communicate the video and high resolution photograph and wherein the communications channel and the pipeline comprise different physical media configured to communicate electrical signals in parallel; altering an operation the camera with respect to the generation of the video responsive to the command; and processing and transmitting the video and the high resolution photograph obtained from the one or more photo-video acquisition devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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