Approach for camera control

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor executing a program to control of a camera, by performing the steps of:

• displaying a tone mapped high dynamic range (HDR) image on a user interface device of the camera, wherein the user interface includes a plurality of pixels defining a display surface, and wherein the tone mapped HDR image includes an interpretation of a scene at which a camera lens of the camera is pointing;
• receiving user edits via an input device associated with the user interface device;
• sending the user edits to one or more back-end devices of the camera to perform processing operations based on the user edits;
• receiving an updated tone mapped HDR image from the one or more back-end devices, wherein the updated tone mapped HDR image is generated from the processing operations performed based on the user edits;
• and
• displaying the updated tone mapped HDR image on the user interface as the camera lens continues to capture frames of the scene for the one or more back-end devices to perform operations that iteratively affect the updated tone mapped HDR image.

A user interface device for enabling control of a camera, the user interface device comprising:

• a viewfinder device configured to display a tone mapped high dynamic range (HDR) image on a user interface device of the camera, wherein the user interface includes a plurality of pixels defining a display surface, wherein the tone mapped HDR image includes an interpretation of a scene at which a camera lens of the camera is pointing;
• and
• an editor device configured to receive user edits via an input device associated with the user interface device, and to send the user edits to one or more back-end devices of the camera to perform processing operations based on the user edits,
• wherein the viewfinder device is further configured to receive an updated tone mapped HDR image from the one or more back-end devices, wherein the updated tone mapped HDR image is generated from the processing operations performed based on the user edits, and to display the updated tone mapped HDR image on the user interface as the camera lens continues to capture frames of the scene for the one or more back-end devices to perform operations that iteratively affect the updated tone mapped HDR image.