US 2016/0259992 A1 · IMAGE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT

Abstract

A reference image of one or more objects is displayed on the display of a mobile device in a manner that allows a user of the mobile device to simultaneously view the reference image and a preview image of the one or more objects currently in a field of view of a camera of the mobile device. An indication is provided to the user of the mobile device whether the camera of the mobile device is currently located within a specified amount of a distance at which the reference image was acquired. In response to a user request, the camera acquires a second image of the one or more objects and optionally a distance between the camera and the one or more objects at the time the second image was acquired is recorded. An image management application provides various functionalities for accessing and managing image sequences.

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A mobile device comprising:

a camera;
a distance detection mechanism;
a display;
one or more processors;
one or more memories communicatively coupled to the one or more processors;
and
an image acquisition application executing on the mobile device, wherein the image acquisition application is configured to:
cause the camera to automatically acquire, using a plurality of different exposure settings, a plurality of images of one or more objects,
retrieve a reference image of the one or more objects, wherein the reference image was acquired prior to the plurality of images of the one or more objects, and
analyze the plurality of images of the one or more objects and determine one or more particular images of the one or more objects from the plurality of images of the one or more objects that best match the reference image of the one or more objects.

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