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Digital camera for capturing an image sequence

  • US 8,736,704 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2011
  • Issued: 05/27/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A digital camera having a burst image capture mode, comprising:

  • an image sensor for capturing a digital image;

    an optical system for forming an image of a scene onto the image sensor;

    a data processing system;

    an image memory for storing captured digital images; and

    a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to;

    capture a sequence of digital images of the scene using the image sensor, each digital image in the sequence of captured digital images being captured at a different time;

    identify a moving object in the sequence of captured digital images;

    determine, automatically, a position of the moving object in each of the sequence of captured digital images;

    select, automatically, a subset of digital images from the sequence of captured digital images wherein the moving object has positions that most nearly correspond to a set of desirable positions by causing the data processing system to;

    determine a range of positions for the moving object in the sequence of captured digital images;

    determine a desired spacing between the positions of the moving object responsive to the determined range of positions and a specified number of digital images to be included in the subset of digital images;

    determine a set of desirable positions for the moving object responsive to the desired spacing; and

    identify the subset of digital images wherein the positions of the moving object most nearly correspond to the set of desirable positions; and

    store the selected subset of digital images in the image memory.

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