Modifying image parameters using wearable device input

• US 10,225,461 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2017
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Luk, Bryant Genepang, Bates, Richard Chapman, O'Toole, Christopher Diebold, He, Robert, Robertson, Jennifer T., Tang, Yu, Ziaja, Jason, Das, Ananya
• Primary Examiner(s): Selby, Gevell V
• Application Number:
  US15/856,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20180124307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/67 Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/73 by influencing the exposure time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/88 for colour balance, e.g. white-balance circuits or colour temperature control

Abstract

Systems and methods are presented for modifying image parameters of an image to be captured by an image capturing device based on input from a wearable computing device. In some embodiments, the system receives image data, determines an image parameter based on the image data, and receives data from a wearable computing device positioned proximate to a subject of the image. The system modifies the image parameter based on the data received from the wearable computing device and captures the image data using the modified image parameter.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

setting a first image parameter of an image capture device;

receiving, by an image capture device, data from a wearable computing device positioned proximate to a subject;

based on the data received from the wearable computing device, modifying the first image parameter of the image capture device to form a first modified image parameter;

determining that the first image parameter is related to a second image parameter;

modifying the second image parameter of the image capture device to form a second modified image parameter; and

capturing, by the image capture device, image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using one or more of the first modified image parameter and the second modified image parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the first image parameter further comprises:

determining the image parameter is associated with a physical component of the image capture device; and

generating the first modified image parameter to compensate the first image parameter of the physical component without directly changing the first image parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data received from the wearable computing device comprises control data indicative of one or more user interface selections at the wearable computing device, the one or more user interface selections corresponding to the first modified image parameter.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data received from the wearable computing device comprises control data indicating selection of the first modified image parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image parameter is associated with a first image capture mode, the data received from the wearable computing device indicates selection of a second image capture mode, and the first image parameter is modified to form a modified image parameter of a second image capture mode, the method further comprising:

capturing, by the image capture device, image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using the second image capture mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image parameter is associated with a set of image parameters, the method further comprising:

determining one or more image parameter values for the set of image parameters based on the first modified image parameter;

modifying the one or more image parameter values for the set of image parameters to form a set of modified image parameters associated with the first modified image parameter; and

capturing image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using the first modified image parameter and the set of modified image parameters.

7. A system, comprising

one or more processors;

and

a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

setting a first image parameter of an image capture device;

receiving data from a wearable computing device positioned proximate to a subject;

based on the data received from the wearable computing device, modifying the first image parameter of the image capture device to form a first modified image parameter;

determining that the first image parameter is related to a second image parameter;

modifying the second image parameter of the image capture device to form a second modified image parameter; and

capturing image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using the one or more of the first modified image parameter and the second modified image parameter.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein modifying the first image parameter further comprises:

determining the image parameter is associated with a physical component of the image capture device; and

generating the first modified image parameter to compensate the first image parameter of the physical component without directly changing the first image parameter.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the data received from the wearable computing device comprises control data indicative of one or more user interface selections at the wearable computing device, the one or more user interface selections corresponding to the first modified image parameter.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the data received from the wearable computing device comprises control data indicating selection of the first modified image parameter.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the first image parameter is associated with a first image capture mode, the data received from the wearable computing device indicates selection of a second image capture mode, and the first image parameter is modified to form a modified image parameter of a second image capture mode and the operations further comprise:

capturing, by the image capture device, image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using the second image capture mode.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the first image parameter is associated with a set of image parameters and the operations further comprise:

determining one or more image parameter values for the set of image parameters based on the first modified image parameter;

modifying the one or more image parameter values for the set of image parameters to form a set of modified image parameters associated with the first modified image parameter; and

capturing image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using the first modified image parameter and the set of modified image parameters.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

setting a first image parameter of an image capture device;

receiving data from a wearable computing device positioned proximate to a subject;

based on the data received from the wearable computing device, modifying the first image parameter of the image capture device to form a modified first image parameter;

determining that the first image parameter is related to a second image parameter;

modifying the second image parameter of the image capture device to form a second modified image parameter; and

capturing image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using one or more of the first modified image parameter and the second modified image parameter.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein modifying the first image parameter further comprises:

determining the image parameter is associated with a physical component of the image capture device; and

generating the first modified image parameter to compensate the first image parameter of the physical component without directly changing the first image parameter.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the data received from the wearable computing device comprises control data indicative of one or more user interface selections at the wearable computing device, the one or more user interface selections corresponding to the first modified image parameter.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the data received from the wearable computing device comprises control data indicating selection of the first modified image parameter.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first image parameter is associated with a first image capture mode, the data received from the wearable computing device indicates selection of a second image capture mode, and the first image parameter is modified to form a modified image parameter of a second image capture mode and the operations further comprise:

capturing, by the image capture device, image data comprising the subject, the image data captured using the second image capture mode.