Intelligent sensor switch during recording
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorGuillaume Matthieu Guérin
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Abstract
An image capture device may obtain first frames at a first frame rate from a first image sensor and obtain second frames at a second frame rate from a second image sensor. The image capture device may process the first frames from the first image sensor and store the processed first frames in a memory. The image capture device may partially process the second frames from the second image sensor to obtain first camera control statistics. The image capture device may switch a capture mode to obtain third frames at the second frame rate from the first image sensor obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate from the second image sensor.
Claims20
An image capture device comprising:
- a first image sensor configured to obtain first frames at a first frame rate;
- a second image sensor configured to obtain second frames at a second frame rate;
- a memory;
- and
- an image signal processor configured to:
- process the first frames from the first image sensor and store the processed first frames in the memory;
- partially process the second frames from the second image sensor to obtain first camera control statistics;
- on a condition that an indication to switch from the first image sensor to the second image sensor is received:
- the first image sensor is further configured to obtain third frames at the second frame rate;
- the second image sensor is further configured to obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate;
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- the image signal processor is further configured to process the fourth frames from the second image sensor and store the processed fourth frames in the memory and partially process the third frames from the first image sensor to obtain second camera control statistics.
An image capture device comprising:
- a first image sensor configured to obtain first frames at a first frame rate;
- a second image sensor configured to obtain second frames at a second frame rate;
- a memory;
- a first image signal processor configured to process the first frames from the first image sensor and store the processed first frames in the memory;
- and
- a second image signal processor configured to partially process the second frames from the second image sensor to obtain first camera control statistics;
- and
- on a condition that an indication to switch from the first image sensor to the second image sensor is received:
- the first image sensor is further configured to obtain third frames at the second frame rate,
- the second image sensor is further configured to obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate,
- the second image signal processor is further configured to process the fourth frames from the second image sensor and store the processed fourth frames in the memory, and
- the first image signal processor is configured to partially process the third frames from the first image sensor to obtain second camera control statistics.
A method comprising:
- obtaining first frames at a first frame rate from a first image sensor;
- obtaining second frames at a second frame rate from a second image sensor;
- processing the first frames from the first image sensor;
- storing the processed first frames in a memory;
- partially processing the second frames from the second image sensor to obtain first camera control statistics;
- receiving an indication to switch from the first image sensor to the second image sensor;
- obtaining third frames at the second frame rate from the first image sensor;
- obtaining fourth frames at the first frame rate from the second image sensor;
- processing the fourth frames from the second image sensor;
- storing the processed fourth frames in the memory;
- and
- partially processing the third frames from the first image sensor to obtain second camera control statistics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.