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Portrait image synthesis from multiple images captured on a handheld device

  • US 9,118,833 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2011
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hand-held digital image capture device, comprising:

  • a lens and an image sensor for capturing digital images;

    a display unit configured to display the digital images on a display screen;

    a digital processor, operatively coupled to the image sensors and the display unit, the digital processor being configured to;

    detect a particular object in a field of view in front of a user of the image capture device;

    capture a first image comprising a representation of the particular object;

    detect whether the image capture device is repositioned along a predetermined concave path;

    wherein the predetermined concave path is with respect to an optical axis of the image capture device pointing toward the particular object;

    wherein the predetermined concave path is around the particular object;

    wherein the predetermined concave path has an approximately constant radius centered at the particular object;

    automatically capture a second image of the particular object only upon detecting that the image capture device is repositioned along the predetermined concave path with respect to the optical axis of the image capture device pointing toward the particular object; and

    store the first image and the second image in a storage device.

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