Systems and methods for generating time-lapse videos

A method for generating time-lapse videos, the method performed by an image capture device, the image capture device including one or more processors, an image sensor, and an optical element, the image sensor configured to generate an image output signal conveying image information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the image information defining video frames, the optical element configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor, the method comprising:

• determining time-lapse video frames from the video frames for generation of time-lapse video content, wherein the time-lapse video frames are determined based on regularity and/or consistency in spatial positions of the image capture device during capture of the video frames and based on regularity and/or consistency in time at which the video frames are captured, wherein determination of the time-lapse video frames from the video frames is limited by a lower skipping bound and an upper skipping bound, the lower skipping bound defining a minimum number of video frames for skipping and the upper skipping bound defining a maximum number of video frames for skipping in the determination of the time-lapse video frames from the video frames, the lower skipping bound and the upper skipping bound establishing a range of the video frames from which next time-lapse video frame is determined, wherein the determination of the time-lapse video frames from the video frames being limited by the lower skipping bound and the upper skipping bound includes the video frames outside the range of video frames not being captured by the image capture device;
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• generating the time-lapse video content based on the time-lapse video frames.

An image capture device for generating time-lapse videos, the image capture device comprising:

• a housing;
• an image sensor carried by the housing and configured to generate an image output signal conveying image information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the image information defining video frames;
• an optical element carried by the housing and configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor;
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• one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• determine time-lapse video frames from the video frames for generation of time-lapse video content, wherein the time-lapse video frames are determined based on regularity and/or consistency in spatial positions of the housing during capture of the video frames and based on regularity and/or consistency in time at which the video frames are captured, further wherein the time-lapse video frames are determined based on regularity and/or consistency in spatial positions of the housing during capture of the video frames to increase spatial smoothness of the time-lapse video frames, temporal regularity of the time-lapse video frames is determined based on the moments corresponding to the time-lapse video frames, and the time-lapse video frames are determined to respect one or more constraints on the temporal regularity of the time-lapse video frames, wherein determination of the time-lapse video frames from the video frames is limited by a lower skipping bound and an upper skipping bound, the lower skipping bound defining a minimum number of video frames for skipping and the upper skipping bound defining a maximum number of video frames for skipping in the determination of the time-lapse video frames from the video frames, the lower skipping bound and the upper skipping bound establishing a range of the video frames from which next time-lapse video frame is determined, wherein the determination of the time-lapse video frames from the video frames being limited by the lower skipping bound and the upper skipping bound includes the video frames outside the range of video frames not being captured by the image capture device;
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• generate the time-lapse video content based on the time-lapse video frames.