Adjusting length of living images
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- capturing a preliminary image frame sequence by a digital camera;
receiving a request to capture a still image frame by the digital camera during a shooting of a scene;
based on the received request, capturing the still image frame;
upon capturing the still image frame, stopping the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence;
obtaining at least one of an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined starting scene condition in at least one image frame of the captured preliminary image frame sequence;
obtaining an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined first camera condition prevailing during the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence;
automatically selecting, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence, a starting image frame for a displayable image frame sequence based on at least one of the fulfillment of the predetermined starting scene condition and the fulfillment of the predetermined first camera condition, wherein the predetermined starting scene condition is movement occurring in the scene; and
automatically forming, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence and the still image frame, a living image of the scene based on the displayable image frame sequence, the living image of the scene starting with the starting image frame and having the captured still image frame as a last image frame in the living image of the scene.
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Abstract
A method may comprise: obtaining a preliminary frame sequence and at least one still image frame, captured by a digital camera during shooting a scene; obtaining at least one of indication of fulfillment of a predetermined starting scene condition in at least one frame of the preliminary frame sequence and indication of fulfillment of a predetermined first camera condition prevailing during capturing the preliminary frame sequence; automatically selecting a starting frame from the preliminary frame sequence on the basis of at least one of fulfillment of the starting scene condition and fulfillment of the first camera condition; and automatically forming, from the preliminary frame sequence and the at least one still image frame, a displayable frame sequence for displaying a living image of the scene, the living image comprising a still image and a preceding image sequence, the frame sequence starting by the starting frame and having a still image frame as a stopping frame for displaying the still image.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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capturing a preliminary image frame sequence by a digital camera; receiving a request to capture a still image frame by the digital camera during a shooting of a scene; based on the received request, capturing the still image frame; upon capturing the still image frame, stopping the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence; obtaining at least one of an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined starting scene condition in at least one image frame of the captured preliminary image frame sequence; obtaining an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined first camera condition prevailing during the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence; automatically selecting, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence, a starting image frame for a displayable image frame sequence based on at least one of the fulfillment of the predetermined starting scene condition and the fulfillment of the predetermined first camera condition, wherein the predetermined starting scene condition is movement occurring in the scene; and automatically forming, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence and the still image frame, a living image of the scene based on the displayable image frame sequence, the living image of the scene starting with the starting image frame and having the captured still image frame as a last image frame in the living image of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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sequentially capturing preliminary image frames by a digital camera; receiving an image capturing request; capturing an image frame in response to the image capturing request; upon capturing the image frame, stopping a capture of the sequentially capturing preliminary image frames; upon stopping the capture of the sequentially capturing preliminary image frames, storing the sequentially captured preliminary image frames into a buffer sequence having a predetermined number of image frames; automatically detecting fulfillment of a starting scene condition in at least one preliminary image frame of the buffer sequence, wherein the starting scene condition is movement occurring in a scene; automatically selecting a starting image frame for a displayable image frame sequence from the buffer sequence based at least on a fulfillment of the starting scene condition; and automatically forming a living image of the scene based on the displayable image frame sequence, the living image of the scene starting with the starting image frame and ending with the captured image frame. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising an image processing unit programmed to perform operations comprising:
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capturing a preliminary image frame sequence by a digital camera; receive a request to capture a still image frame by the digital camera during a shooting of a scene; based on the received request, capture the still image frame; based on the capturing of the still image frame, stop the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence; obtain at least one of an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined starting scene condition in at least one image frame of the captured preliminary image frame sequence and an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined first camera condition prevailing during the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence; select, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence, a starting image frame for a displayable image frame sequence based on at least one of the fulfillment of the predetermined starting scene condition and the fulfillment of the predetermined first camera condition, wherein the starting scene condition is movement occurring in the scene; and form, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence and the still image frame, a living image of the scene based on the displayable image frame sequence, the living image of the scene starting with the starting image frame and having the still image frame as a last image frame in the living image of the scene. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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