Using a Second Camera to Adjust Settings of First Camera
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsRyan Burgess Geiss, Marc Levoy, Roman Lewkow
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Abstract
A device may operate a first image-capture system to capture first image data of a scene. While the first image-capture system is capturing the first image data, the device may operate a second image-capture system to determine an updated value for the first image setting, and send an instruction to the first image-capture system that indicates to use the updated value for the first image setting to continue to capture the first image data.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- operating, by a computing device, a first image-capture system to capture first image data of a scene, wherein the first image-capture system initially uses a first value for a first image setting to capture the first image data;
- and
- while the first image-capture system is capturing the first image data:
- operating, by the computing device, a second image-capture system to determine an updated value for the first image setting, wherein the first image-capture system and the second image-capture system are arranged on a given device and oriented in substantially the same direction;
- and
- sending an instruction to the first image-capture system that indicates to use the updated value for the first image setting to continue to capture the first image data.
A system comprising:
- two or more image-capture systems that comprise at least a first and second image-capture systems, wherein the first and second image-capture systems are oriented in substantially the same direction;
- a control system configured to:
- initially operate the first image-capture system to capture first image data using a first value for a first image setting;
- and
- while the first image-capture system is capturing the first image data:
- operate the second image-capture system to determine an updated value for the first image setting;
- and
- cause the first image-capture system to use the updated image value for the first image setting to continue to capture the first image data.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform functions comprising:
- operating a first image-capture system to capture first image data of a scene, wherein the first image-capture system initially uses a first value for a first image setting to capture the first image data;
- and
- while the first image-capture system is capturing the first image data:
- operating a second image-capture system to determine an updated value for the first image setting, wherein the first image-capture system and the second image-capture system are arranged on a given device and oriented in substantially the same direction;
- and
- sending an instruction to the first image-capture system that indicates to use the updated value for the first image setting to continue to capture the first image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.