Photograph prediction including automatic photograph recording with autofocus and method
First Claim
1. An electronic equipment for capturing images, comprising:
- an image capturing device,a motion sensor configured to sense motion of the image capturing device,an analyzer configured to detect whether the sensed motion of the image capturing device is a predefined image capture motion,a stabilization detector configured to sense motion of the image capturing device and detect whether the image capturing device decelerates and stabilizes sufficiently to capture images without blurring due to motion,a controller configured to;
cause the image capturing device to automatically capture images in response to the analyzer detecting that motion of the image capturing device sensed by the motion sensor corresponds to the predefined image capture motion,override the automatic capture of images to prevent capturing images until after the stabilization detector detects that the motion of the image capturing device has decelerated and stabilized sufficiently to capture images that are free of blur caused by motion, andreceive a command from a user to program the image capturing device to store another predefined image capture motion when the motion sensor senses motion of the image capturing device by the user representing a predefined manner, anda non-transitory computer readable memory configured to store the represented predefined motion as another predefined image capture motion such that the controller causes the image capturing device to automatically capture images in response to the analyzer detecting the represented predefined motion.
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Abstract
When a user removes a camera phone from a pocket or other storage location and raises it in a pre-defined motion in front of his face, the pre-defined motion activates the camera. When the camera phone decelerates/stabilizes in the user'"'"'s hand in the correct orientation to take a picture, autofocus occurs and the camera automatically records images/photographs. When the user presses the shutter release, a camera application opens on the camera phone display to show the current image and that image is recorded. The previous automatically recorded images also may be available for viewing by the user. If after removing the camera from the storage location, the user does something other than pressing the shutter release, the automatically recorded images will be automatically discarded. When a brief photographic opportunity occurs and the user has little time to react, the photographic moment still can be captured.
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21 Claims
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1. An electronic equipment for capturing images, comprising:
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an image capturing device, a motion sensor configured to sense motion of the image capturing device, an analyzer configured to detect whether the sensed motion of the image capturing device is a predefined image capture motion, a stabilization detector configured to sense motion of the image capturing device and detect whether the image capturing device decelerates and stabilizes sufficiently to capture images without blurring due to motion, a controller configured to; cause the image capturing device to automatically capture images in response to the analyzer detecting that motion of the image capturing device sensed by the motion sensor corresponds to the predefined image capture motion, override the automatic capture of images to prevent capturing images until after the stabilization detector detects that the motion of the image capturing device has decelerated and stabilized sufficiently to capture images that are free of blur caused by motion, and receive a command from a user to program the image capturing device to store another predefined image capture motion when the motion sensor senses motion of the image capturing device by the user representing a predefined manner, and a non-transitory computer readable memory configured to store the represented predefined motion as another predefined image capture motion such that the controller causes the image capturing device to automatically capture images in response to the analyzer detecting the represented predefined motion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for capturing images, comprising
sensing motion of an image capturing device, detecting whether the sensed motion of the image capturing is a predefined image capture motion, detecting whether the image capturing device decelerates and stabilizes sufficiently to capture images without blurring due to motion of the image capturing device, upon detecting that the sensed motion of the image capturing device corresponds to the predefined image capture motion, automatically capturing images only if the motion of the image capturing device has decelerated and stabilized sufficiently to capture images that are free of blur caused by motion of the image capturing device, receiving a command from a user to program the image capturing device to establish another predefined image capture motion, sensing the user moving the image capturing device in a decisive manner to establish another predefined image capture motion, and storing in a non-transitory computer readable memory a representation of the movement of the image capturing device in the decisive manner such that the image capturing device automatically captures images in response to detecting the another predefined image capture motion.
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