Arrangement and method relating to an image recording device

• US 8,350,931 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2011
• Issued: 01/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Thorn, Ola Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye, Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOGUE, DENNIS A
• Application Number:
  US13/167,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20110262010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 565 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/240.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/611 where the recognised objects include parts of the human body

Abstract

An input system for a digital camera may include a portion for taking at least one image to be used as a control image; and a controller to control at least one operation of the digital camera based on a control command recognized from the control image, the control command controlling a function of the camera.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by an image capture device, whether an image includes a control portion associated with a control command for remotely controlling the image capture device based on a comparison of the control portion and a control image; and

executing, by the image capture device and when the image includes the control portion,

the control command to generate a boundary for limiting the image,

the boundary being generated during a self timer mode of operation, and

the boundary being associated with the control portion of the image and comprising a virtual frame associated with a location of the control portion within the image.

2. The method of claim 1, where determining whether the image includes the control portion includes:

determining an offset between the control portion and the control image; and

identifying the control command based on the offset.

3. The method of claim 1, where determining whether the image includes the control portion includes:

determining that an offset value between the control portion and that the control command is within a first range of offset values,

where the first range of offset values is associated with a plurality of control commands, the plurality of control commands including the control command;

determining that the offset value is within a second range of offset values included in the first range of offset values; and

identifying the control command based on determining that the offset value is within the second range of offset values.

4. The method of claim 1, where the control portion includes an image of a hand of a user, and

where determining whether the image includes the control portion includes:

identifying a particular gesture corresponding to the image of the hand; and

identifying the control command based on the identified particular gesture.

5. The method of claim 1, where the control portion includes an image of a hand of a user, and

where executing the control command to generate the boundary includes:

identifying a position of a portion of the hand within the image, where the virtual frame is associated with the position of the portion of the hand.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, without controlling the image capture device remotely, the image in a memory associated with the image capture device when the image is determined not to include the control portion.

7. An image capture device comprising:

a processor to;

determine whether an image includes a control portion associated with a control command based on a comparison of the control portion and a control image, and

execute, when the image includes the control portion, the control command to generate a boundary for limiting the image,

the boundary being generated during a self time mode of operation, and

the boundary being associated with the control portion of the image and comprising a virtual frame associated with a location of the control portion within the image.

8. The image capture device of claim 7, where, when determining whether the image includes the control portion, the processor is further to:

determine an offset between the control portion and the control image; and

identify the control command based on the offset.

9. The image capture device of claim 7, where, when determining whether the image includes the control portion, the processor is further to:

determine that an offset value is between the control portion and that the control command is within a first range of offset values,

where the first range of offset values is associated with a plurality of control commands, the plurality of control commands including the control command;

determine that the offset value is within a second range of offset values included in the first range of offset values; and

identify the control command based on determining that the offset value is within the second range of offset values.

10. The image capture device of claim 7, where the control portion includes an image of a hand of a user, and

where, when determining whether the image includes the control portion, the processor is further to:

identify a particular gesture corresponding to the image of the hand; and

identify the control command based on the identified particular gesture.

11. The image capture device of claim 7, where the control portion includes an image of a hand of a user, and

where, when executing the control command to generate the boundary, the processor is further to:

identify a position of a portion of the hand within the image, where the virtual frame is associated with the position of the portion of the hand.

12. The image capture device of claim 7, where the processor is further to:

store, without controlling the image capture device remotely, the image in a memory associated with the image capture device when the image is determined not to include the control portion.

13. A non-transitory memory comprising one or more instructions for remotely controlling an image capture device, the one or more instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by a processor of the image capture device, cause the processor to determine whether a captured image includes a control portion associated with a control command based on a comparison of the control portion and a control image, and

one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, when the captured image includes the control portion, the control command to generate a boundary for limiting the captured image,

the boundary being generated during a self timer mode of operation, and

the boundary being associated with the control portion of the captured image and comprising a virtual frame associated with a location of the control portion within the captured image.

14. The non-transitory memory of claim 13, where the one or more instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions to determine, when determining whether the captured image includes the control portion, an offset between the control portion and the control image; and

one or more instructions to identify the control command based on the offset.

15. The non-transitory memory of claim 13, where the one or more instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions to determine, when determining whether the captured image includes the control portion, that an offset value is between the control portion and that the control command is within a first range of offset values,

where the first range of offset values is associated with a plurality of control commands, the plurality of control commands including the control command;

one or more instructions to determine that the offset value is within a second range of offset values included in the first range of offset values; and

one or more instructions to identify the control command based on determining that the offset value is within the second range of offset values.

16. The non-transitory memory of claim 13, where the control portion includes an image of a hand of a user, and

where the one or more instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions to identify, when determining whether the captured image includes the control portion, a particular gesture corresponding to the image of the hand; and

one or more instructions to identify the control command based on the identified particular gesture.

17. The non-transitory memory of claim 13, where the control portion includes an image of a hand of a user, and

where the one or more instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions to identify, when executing the control command to generate the boundary, a position of a portion of the hand within the image, where the virtual frame is associated with the position of the portion of the hand.

18. The non-transitory memory of claim 13, where the one or more instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions to store, without controlling the image capture device remotely, the captured image in a memory associated with the image capture device when the captured image is determined not to include the control portion.