Image and audio capture with mode selection
DCFirst Claim
1. An image capture device comprising:
- an image capture system having an optical system for focusing light onto an image capture sensor and image forming circuitry cooperating with the image capture sensor to convert the light focused onto the image capture sensor into an electronic image;
an audio capture system having a transducer and audio processing circuitry cooperating to convert a pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer into an electronic audio signal representing the pattern of sonic energy;
a user input system having a manual capture input and a manual mode selection input, said user input system generating a capture signal when the capture input is moved from a rest position to a capture position and said user input system generating a mode selection signal indicating a setting of the mode selection input from among a plurality of settings; and
a controller causing the image capture system to capture at least one image in response to the capture signal and further causing the audio capture system to capture an electronic audio signal representing the pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer within an audio capture time frame beginning at a start time and ending at an end time with said controller further associating the captured image with the electronic audio signal;
wherein said controller determines at least one of the start time and the end time based upon the mode selection.
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Abstract
Image capture methods and devices are provided. The image capture device including: an image capture system; an audio capture system; a user input system having a manual mode selection input, said user input system generating a mode selection signal indicating a setting of the mode selection input from among a plurality of settings; and a controller adapted to cause the image capture unit to capture at least one image and further adapted to cause the audio capture system to capture an audio signal within an audio capture time frame beginning at a start time and ending at an end time with said controller further adapted to associate the captured image with the electronic audio signal; wherein said controller determines at least one of the start time and the end time determined based upon the mode selection.
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22 Claims
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1. An image capture device comprising:
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an image capture system having an optical system for focusing light onto an image capture sensor and image forming circuitry cooperating with the image capture sensor to convert the light focused onto the image capture sensor into an electronic image; an audio capture system having a transducer and audio processing circuitry cooperating to convert a pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer into an electronic audio signal representing the pattern of sonic energy; a user input system having a manual capture input and a manual mode selection input, said user input system generating a capture signal when the capture input is moved from a rest position to a capture position and said user input system generating a mode selection signal indicating a setting of the mode selection input from among a plurality of settings; and a controller causing the image capture system to capture at least one image in response to the capture signal and further causing the audio capture system to capture an electronic audio signal representing the pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer within an audio capture time frame beginning at a start time and ending at an end time with said controller further associating the captured image with the electronic audio signal; wherein said controller determines at least one of the start time and the end time based upon the mode selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image capture device comprising:
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an image capture system having an optical system for focusing light onto an image capture sensor and image forming circuitry cooperating with the image capture sensor to convert the light focused onto the image capture sensor into an electronic image; an audio capture system having a transducer and audio processing circuitry cooperating to convert a pattern of sonic energy incident upon the transducer into an electronic audio signal representative thereof; a user input system having a manual capture input and a manual mode selection input, said user input system generating a capture signal when the capture input is moved from a rest position to a capture position and said user input system generating a mode selection signal indicating a setting of the mode selection input from among a plurality of settings; and a controller causing the image capture system to capture an image when the capture signal is received and further causing the audio capture system to sample the sonic energy incident upon the transducer to form an electronic audio signal in accordance with one of at least two different sampling patterns each associated with a different one of the at least two image capture mode settings; wherein the controller selects the sampling pattern based upon the mode selection signal and wherein the controller begins sampling in accordance with the sampling pattern at a time determined based upon the time at which the capture signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for operating an image capture system and audio capture system, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a selection between at least two modes of image capture; determining at least one audio capture characteristic for providing an electronic audio signal based upon sounds detected by the audio capture system said determining being based upon the selected mode of image capture; capturing an image in accordance with the selected mode of image capture; providing an electronic audio signal based upon sounds detected by that audio capture system and in accordance with the determined audio characteristic; and associating the captured image and electronic audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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