Reducing power consumption for enhanced zero shutter lag
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorsOjas Gandhi, Naveen Chinya Krishnamurthy
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Abstract
A device includes a processor that is configured to detect that a first image is captured by the device; configure the device to capture images in a first resolution after detecting that the first image was captured; start a timer; restart the timer when a second image is captured before the timer expires; detect an event indicative of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution; and configure the device to capture images in the second resolution after detecting the event indicative of the second resolution.
Claims20
A device for capturing images, comprising:
- a processor that is configured to:
- detect that a first image is captured by the device;
- configure the device for image capturing at a first resolution after detecting that the first image was captured;
- start a timer;
- restart the timer when a second image is captured before the timer expires;
- detect an event indicative of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution;
- and
- configure the device for the image capturing at the second resolution after detecting the event indicative of the second resolution.
A method comprising:
- configuring an image-capture device for image capturing at a first resolution;
- starting a timer;
- storing first preview images in a buffer of the image-capture device, wherein the first preview images have the first resolution;
- detecting that the timer expired;
- configuring the image-capture device for the image capturing at a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution after detecting that the timer expired;
- and
- storing second preview images in the buffer of the image-capture device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising to:
- configure an image-capture device to operate in a first mode;
- set a timer;
- detect that the timer expired before an image is captured with the image-capture device using the first mode;
- and
- configure the image-capture device to operate in a second mode that cancels the first mode after detecting that the timer expired, wherein the image-capture device consumes more energy in the first mode than in the second mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.