Early Photographic Critical Point Synchronization System and Method
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1. A method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera, the method comprising:
- associating a photographic lighting device having a light emission profile with an initial critical point and a terminal critical point with the camera; and
initiating light emission from the photographic lighting device prior to a first shutter blade of the camera stopping movement such that the initial critical point occurs at a point in time after about 1 millisecond before the first shutter blade moves to a position that no longer obstructs light to an imaging portion of a sensor of the camera.
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Abstract
A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera such that initiation of light emission of the photographic lighting device occurs after the first shutter blade of the camera begins to expose an image acquisition sensor of the camera to light and before X-sync associated with the first shutter blade stopping movement.
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1. A method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera, the method comprising:
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associating a photographic lighting device having a light emission profile with an initial critical point and a terminal critical point with the camera; and initiating light emission from the photographic lighting device prior to a first shutter blade of the camera stopping movement such that the initial critical point occurs at a point in time after about 1 millisecond before the first shutter blade moves to a position that no longer obstructs light to an imaging portion of a sensor of the camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera, the system comprising:
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a means for associating a photographic lighting device having a light emission profile with an initial critical point and a terminal critical point with the camera; and a means for initiating light emission from the photographic lighting device prior to a first shutter blade of the camera stopping movement such that the initial critical point occurs at a point in time after about 1 millisecond before the first shutter blade moves to a position that no longer obstructs light to an imaging portion of a sensor of the camera.
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37. A system for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera, the system comprising:
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a connection to a camera circuitry providing access to a camera predictor signal; a memory including information related to instructions for initiating light emission prior to a first shutter blade of the camera stopping movement such that the initial critical point occurs at a point in time after about 1 millisecond before the first shutter blade moves to a position that no longer obstructs light to an imaging portion of a sensor of the camera; a processor element configured to use the information and the camera predictor signal to generate a lighting emission initiation signal; and a connection to the photographic lighting device in communication with the processing element for communicating the lighting emission initiation signal to the photographic lighting device.
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