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Devices and methods for capturing and interacting with enhanced digital images

  • US 9,860,451 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2015
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • at an electronic device with a display, a camera, one or more processors, and memory;

    while in a first media acquisition mode for the camera;

    displaying a live preview on the display;

    while displaying the live preview, detecting activation of a shutter button at a first time; and

    in response to detecting activation of the shutter button at the first time;

    grouping a plurality of images acquired by the camera in temporal proximity to the activation of the shutter button at the first time into a first sequence of images, wherein the first sequence of images includes;



    a plurality of images acquired by the camera at a first resolution prior to detecting activation of the shutter button at the first time;



    a representative image that represents the first sequence of images and was acquired by the camera at a second resolution after one or more of the other images in the first sequence of images; and



    a plurality of images acquired by the camera at the first resolution after acquiring the representative image;



    wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution of the images in the first sequence other than the representative image.

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