Image capture device providing warped previews
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorDavid Newman
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Abstract
An image capture device may capture visual content through a front-facing optical element. A portion of the visual content may be enlarged for presenting on a front-facing display of the image capture device. Extent of the visual content within the portion may be warped to increases size of depiction within the portion.
Claims20
An image capture device for providing warped previews, the image capture device comprising:
- a housing having multiple sides;
- an image sensor carried by the housing and configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content;
- an optical element carried on a first side of the housing, the optical element configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor;
- a first display carried on the first side of the housing;
- one or more physical processors carried by the housing, the one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- capture the visual content during a capture duration;
- and
- present a portion-enlarged preview of the visual content on the first display, the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content including an enlarged portion, an extent of the visual content within the enlarged portion warped to increase size of depiction within the enlarged portion by distorting shape of things depicted within the enlarged portion, wherein warping of the visual content within the enlarged portion is constrained to maintain rule of thirds within the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content by not warping pixels located along dividing lines that divide the visual content into thirds.
A method for providing warped previews, the method performed by an image capture device including one or more processors, a housing having multiple sides, an image sensor carried by the housing and configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content, an optical element carried on a first side of the housing, the optical element configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor, and a first display carried on the first side of the housing, the method comprising:
- capturing the visual content during a capture duration;
- and
- presenting a portion-enlarged preview of the visual content on the first display, the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content including an enlarged portion, an extent of the visual content within the enlarged portion warped to increase size of depiction within the enlarged portion by distorting shape of things depicted within the enlarged portion, wherein warping of the visual content within the enlarged portion is constrained to maintain rule of thirds within the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content by not warping pixels located along dividing lines that divide the visual content into thirds.
An image capture device for providing warped previews, the image capture device comprising:
- a housing having multiple sides;
- an image sensor carried by the housing and configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content;
- an optical element carried on a first side of the housing, the optical element configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor;
- a first display carried on the first side of the housing;
- one or more physical processors carried by the housing, the one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- capture the visual content during a capture duration;
- and
- present a portion-enlarged preview of the visual content on the first display, the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content including entirety of the visual content, the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content including an enlarged portion, an extent of the visual content within the enlarged portion warped to increase size of depiction within the enlarged portion by distorting shape of things depicted within the enlarged portion, wherein warping of the visual content within the enlarged portion is constrained to maintain rule of thirds within the portion-enlarged preview of the visual content by not warping pixels located along dividing lines that divide the visual content into thirds;
- wherein the extent of the visual content within the enlarged portion is presented using a non-linear projection to cause straight lines to appear curved in the enlarged portion, and other extent of the visual content outside the enlarged portion is presented using a linear projection to cause straight lines to appear straight outside the enlarged portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.