Modifying image parameters using wearable device input

• US 10,785,403 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2019
• Issued: 09/22/2020
• 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:
  US16/256,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20190158728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 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:

receiving, by an image capture device from a wearable audio capture device worn by a user, first audio data comprising a first sound associated with a subject to be captured in an image by the image capture device, the wearable audio capture device being separate and external to the image capture device;

modifying, based on the first audio data that is received by the image capture device, an audio parameter of the image capture device; and

capturing, by the image capture device based on the modified audio parameter, first image data comprising the subject and second audio data comprising a second sound associated with the subject.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first image data comprises audio data associated with the subject.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the modifying the audio parameter of the image capture device comprises modifying an image parameter of the image capture device, and

the capturing the first image data further comprises using the modified image parameter to capture the first image data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the image parameter comprises at least one of a field of view, a yaw, a pitch, or a roll of the image capture device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, before receiving the first audio data, third audio data indicative of a sound associated with the audio parameter, wherein the audio parameter is modified in response to a difference between the first audio data and the third audio data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

capturing, before receiving the first audio data, second image data comprising the subject, wherein first image data comprises a modified version of the second image data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying an image parameter of the image capture device based on a proximity of the wearable audio capture device relative to the image capture device.

8. 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:

receiving, by an image capture device from a wearable audio capture device worn by a user, first audio data comprising a first sound associated with a subject to be captured in an image by the image capture device, the wearable audio capture device being separate and external to the image capture device;

modifying, based on the first audio data that is received by the image capture device, an audio parameter of the image capture device; and

capturing, by the image capture device based on the modified audio parameter, first image data comprising the subject and second audio data comprising a second sound associated with the subj ect.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first image data comprises audio data associated with the subject.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein:

the modifying the audio parameter of the image capture device comprises modifying an image parameter of the image capture device, and

the capturing the first image data further comprises using the modified image parameter to capture the first image data.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the image parameter comprises at least one of a field of view, a yaw, a pitch, or a roll of the image capture device.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, before receiving the first audio data, third audio data indicative of a sound associated with the audio parameter, wherein the audio parameter is modified in response to a difference between the first audio data and the third audio data.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

capturing, before receiving the first audio data, second image data comprising the subject, wherein first image data comprises a modified version of the second image data.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise modifying an image parameter of the image capture device based on a proximity of the wearable audio capture device relative to the image capture device.

15. 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;

receiving, by an image capture device from a wearable audio capture device worn by a user, first audio data comprising a first sound associated with a subject to be captured in an image by the image capture device, the wearable audio capture device being separate and external to the image capture device;

modifying, based on the first audio data that is received by the image capture device, an audio parameter of the image capture device; and

capturing, by the image capture device based on the modified audio parameter, first image data comprising the subject and second audio data comprising a second sound associated with the subject.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first image data comprises audio data associated with the subject.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the modifying the audio parameter of the image capture device comprises modifying an image parameter of the image capture device, and

the capturing the first image data further comprises using the modified image parameter to capture the first image data.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the image parameter comprises at least one of a field of view, a yaw, a pitch, or a roll of the image capture device.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

modifying an image parameter of the image capture device based on a proximity of the wearable audio capture device relative to the image capture device; and

capturing, before receiving the first audio data, second image data comprising the subject, wherein first image data comprises a modified version of the second image data.