Adaptive camera field-of-view
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorCharlie W. Case, JR.
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Abstract
Examples are disclosed that relate to adapting image output from a camera based on output from an orientation sensor. One example provides a display device comprising a display, a movable mount, a camera having an optical field-of-view, an orientation sensor, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive image output from the camera, generate, based on the image output, a first clipped field-of-view of the camera comprising a target, and in response to a change in an orientation of the camera identified by output from the orientation sensor, generate, based on the image output and the output from the orientation sensor, a second clipped field-of-view comprising the target, the first and second clipped field-of-views being subsets of the optical field-of-view.
Claims20
A display device, comprising:
- a display;
- a movable mount;
- a camera having an optical field-of-view;
- an orientation sensor;
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- a controller configured to receive image output from the camera, generate, based on the image output, a first clipped field-of-view of the camera comprising a target, and in response to a change in an orientation of the camera identified by output from the orientation sensor, generate, based on the image output and the output from the orientation sensor, a second clipped field-of-view comprising the target, the first and second clipped field-of-views being subsets of the optical field-of-view.
An image capture method, comprising:
- receiving image output from a camera comprising an optical field-of-view;
- generating, based on the image output, a first clipped field-of-view comprising a target;
- receiving output from an orientation sensor;
- and
- in response to a change in an orientation of the camera, generating, based on the image output and the output from the orientation sensor, a second clipped field-of-view comprising the target, the first and second clipped fields-of-view being subsets of the optical field-of-view.
A computing system, comprising:
- a display;
- a movable mount configured to support the display and enable the display to rotate about a rotational axis;
- a camera coupled to the display at a fixed orientation and having an optical field-of-view;
- an orientation sensor coupled to the display and configured to sense rotational movement of the display and camera;
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- a controller configured to receive image output from the camera, detect a rotational movement of the display and camera based on the output from the orientation sensor, generate, based on the image output, a clipped field of view of the camera that changes based on the detected rotational movement of the display and camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.