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US 11,895,391 B2Granted
Capturing and displaying images with multiple focal planes
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJulian Missig, Guillaume Ardaud
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to capturing and displaying video with multiple focal planes. The video includes a subject with a predefined portion of the subject identified in a first focal region. When a set of one or more conditions is met, the video is displayed with a focal plane of the video selected to be outside of the first focal region. When the set of one or more conditions is met is no longer met; and the video is displayed with the focal plane of the video selected to be inside of the first focal region.
Claims51
An electronic device, comprising:
- a camera;
- a touch-sensitive display;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- detecting activation of a shutter button that is associated with capturing still images;
- in response to the activation of the shutter button, capturing a plurality of still images with a plurality of different focal planes, including:
- capturing first image data with the camera focused at a first object in a first focal plane;
- and
- after capturing the first image data with the camera focused at the first object in the first focal plane, adjusting a camera focus from the first focal plane to a second focal plane and capturing second image data with the camera focused at a second object in the second focal plane, wherein the second focal plane is selected without reference to changes in objects in the field of view of the camera between the capture of the first image data and the capture of the second image data;
- after capturing the plurality of still images, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a first image of the plurality of still images corresponding to the first image data, wherein the first image includes the first object in-focus and the second object out-of-focus;
- while displaying the first image of the plurality of still images, detecting a first input at a location on the touch-sensitive display corresponding to the location of the second object;
- and
- in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a second image, wherein the second image includes the first object in-focus and the second object in-focus.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a camera and a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- detecting activation of a shutter button that is associated with capturing still images;
- in response to the activation of the shutter button, capturing a plurality of still images with a plurality of different focal planes, including:
- capturing first image data with the camera focused at a first object in a first focal plane;
- and
- after capturing the first image data with the camera focused at the first object in the first focal plane, adjusting a camera focus from the first focal plane to a second focal plane and capturing second image data with the camera focused at a second object in the second focal plane, wherein the second focal plane is selected without reference to changes in objects in the field of view of the camera between the capture of the first image data and the capture of the second image data;
- after capturing the plurality of still images, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a first image of the plurality of still images corresponding to the first image data, wherein the first image includes the first object in-focus and the second object out-of-focus;
- while displaying the first image of the plurality of still images, detecting a first input at a location on the touch-sensitive display corresponding to the location of the second object;
- and
- in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a second image, wherein the second image includes the first object in-focus and the second object in-focus.
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A method comprising:
- at an electronic device with a camera and a touch-sensitive display:
- detecting activation of a shutter button that is associated with capturing still images;
- in response to the activation of the shutter button, capturing a plurality of still images with a plurality of different focal planes, including:
- capturing first image data with the camera focused at a first object in a first focal plane;
- and
- after capturing the first image data with the camera focused at the first object in the first focal plane, adjusting a camera focus from the first focal plane to a second focal plane and capturing second image data with the camera focused at a second object in the second focal plane, wherein the second focal plane is selected without reference to changes in objects in the field of view of the camera between the capture of the first image data and the capture of the second image data;
- after capturing the plurality of still images, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a first image of the plurality of still images corresponding to the first image data, wherein the first image includes the first object in-focus and the second object out-of-focus;
- while displaying the first image of the plurality of still images, detecting a first input at a location on the touch-sensitive display corresponding to the location of the second object;
- and
- in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the touch-sensitive display, a second image, wherein the second image includes the first object in-focus and the second object in-focus.
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