Methods and apparatus to capture images
AssigneeThe Nielsen Company (US), LLC
InventorChristen V. Nielsen
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to capture images are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a resolution determiner to determine that a first frame of image data is to undergo processing at a first resolution and that a second frame of image data is to undergo processing at a second resolution lower than the first resolution; and a controller to activate an illuminator when an image sensor is to capture the first frame and to deactivate the illuminator when the image sensor is to capture the second frame.
Claims34
An apparatus, comprising:
- a resolution determiner to determine that a first frame of image data is to undergo processing at a first resolution and that a second frame of image data is to undergo processing at a second resolution lower than the first resolution;
- and
- a controller to activate an illuminator when an image sensor is to capture the first frame and to deactivate the illuminator when the image sensor is to capture the second frame.
A method, comprising:
- activating an illuminator when capturing a first frame of image data to be processed at a first resolution;
- not activating the illuminator when capturing a second frame of image data to be processed at a second resolution lower than the first resolution;
- and
- processing the first frame to identify a person in the image data.
A method, comprising:
- identifying a first frame of image data from which a personal is to be identified;
- using an illuminator to illuminate an area when the first frame is captured;
- and
- not activating the illuminator when capturing a second frame of image data, the second frame to be used to count persons in the area without identifying the persons.
A tangible computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- activate an illuminator when capturing a first frame of image data to be processed at a first resolution;
- not activate the illuminator when capturing a second frame of image data to be processed at a second resolution lower than the first resolution;
- and
- process the first frame to identify a person in the image data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.