Dual mode image capture technique
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Abstract
A technique processes captured data on a device, wherein selected captured data of a given quality resolution is transferred via a communication link to a separate storage location for future availability. A storage protocol may include various storage organization categories. A possible aspect may provide an identifier record to enable future accessibility to selected captured data by one or more authorized parties or approved devices or authorized recipients. In some embodiments the captured data may include both a video data stream and one or more still image frames having different quality characteristics and/or formats. Initial and ongoing coordination as well as correlation may be facilitated between video and still image data derived from related fields of view.
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47. A computer program product including computer-readable media bearing instructions for executing a process that comprises:
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providing coordinated operation of a video capture module having specified quality parameters with operation of a still image capture module having dissimilar quality capabilities as compared to the video capture module, allowing ongoing capture of a video data stream incorporated in a video image format and derived from a particular field of view; and
facilitating periodic capture of one or more still image frames incorporated in a still image format and derived from a related field of view, wherein the video image format and the still image format include one or more different features, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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55. A dual mode data capture method comprising:
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coordinating contemporaneous operation of a video capture module and a still image capture module;
operating a video capture module having specified quality parameters to generate a video data stream derived from a particular field of view;
also operating a still image capture module to generate one or more still image frames derived from a related field of view, wherein the still image capture module includes dissimilar quality capabilities compared to the video capture module;
allowing ongoing capture of a video data stream incorporated in a video image format and also facilitating periodic capture of one or more still image frames incorporated in a still image format, wherein the video image format and the still image format include one or more different features, respectively - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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75. A dual mode image capturing system comprising:
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a video capture module with specified quality parameters;
a still image capture module with given quality capabilities;
memory means operatively coupled with the video capture module and the still image capture module for storing a video data stream generated in a first format by the video capture module and for storing one or more still image frames generated in a second different format by the still image capture module; and
control means for coordinating contemporaneous operation of the video capture module and operation of the still image capture module to selectively activate one or more specified quality parameters of the video capture module and/or to selectively active one or more of the given quality capabilities of the still image capture module. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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81. The system of 75 further comprising:
one or more shared lenses for capturing both the video data stream and the one or more still image frames.
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82. The system of 75 further comprising:
a first lens for capturing the video data stream and a second lens for capturing the one or more still image frames.
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