Image selection based on image content
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRandy R. DUNTON, Lawrence A. BOOTH, JR.
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Abstract
An image capture system comprises an image input and processing unit. The image input obtains image information which is then passed to the processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the image input for determining image metrics on the image information. The processing unit initiates a capture sequence when the image metrics meet a predetermined condition. The capture sequence may store one or more images, or it may indicate that one or more images have been detected. In one embodiment, the image input is a CMOS or CCD sensor.
Claims17
A method of detecting an image comprising:
- sampling two images at different points in time;
- determining an image metric for the two images;
- measuring a rate of change of the image metric;
- and
- indicating that there is a match with an image profile if the rate of change of the image metric matches a first predetermined condition.
A machine readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed, cause a machine to perform a set of operations comprising:
- sampling two images at different points in time;
- determining an image metric for the two images;
- measuring a rate of change of the image metric;
- and
- indicating that there is a match with an image profile if the rate of change of the image metric matches a first predetermined condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.