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Preparation of image capture device in response to pre-image-capture signal

  • US 9,223,136 B1
  • Filed: 02/04/2013
  • Issued: 12/29/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computing device comprising:

  • an image-capture device comprising at least one image sensor; and

    a control system configured to;

    while the computing device is powered on and the at least one image sensor is powered off;

    (a) receive sensor data from one or more sensors, and (b) analyze the sensor data to detect at least one pre-image-capture signal that indicates a subsequent image-capture signal is likely to be received, wherein the at least one pre-image-capture signal comprises sensor data that corresponds to fixation on a location in an environment of the computing device; and

    in response to detection of the at least one pre-image-capture signal, initiate an image-capture preparation process that;

    (a) puts the image-capture device in an image-ready state by at least powering on the at least one image sensor, and (b) provides no explicit visual indication that the image-capture device is in the image-ready state.

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