# US 2018/0324356 A1 · Extended visual capture in a reconfigurable service > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0324356 A1 - Document ID: US20180324356A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/773,969 - Filed: 2015-11-16 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-16 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Rajiva K. Sarraju; Joshua L. Zuniga; Aleksander Magi; David W. Browning; Audrey C. Younkin; Saara Kamppari-Miller; Phil Riehl; Guy Therien - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180324356A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1677: {for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - H04N 23/45: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators} - H04N 23/69: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming - H04N 23/90: Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The present disclosure pertains to extended visual capture in a reconfigurable device. In general, at least a display portion of a device may have a deformable shape configuration in that its shape is changeable by a user. The device may also comprise at least sensor circuitry including a plurality of sensors. The shape configuration may position the plurality of sensors at different positions to enable extended visual capture of a 180 to 360 degree viewing range surrounding the device in a single image or video. Control circuitry in the device may determine when shape reconfiguration of at least the display has occurred, determine whether the new shape configuration involves visual capture, and if the new shape configuration is determined to involve visual capture, determine an operational mode for the at least the sensor circuitry and cause the sensor circuitry to capture visual data based at least on the operational mode. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-25. (canceled) ### Claim 26 A visual data capture device, comprising: a deformable display having a shape configuration; sensor circuitry to capture at least visual data; and control circuitry to determine that the display has changed to a new shape configuration, determine if the new shape configuration involves visual data capture and, based on a determination that the new shape configuration involves visual data capture, determine an operational mode for at least the sensor circuitry based on the new shape configuration and cause the sensor circuitry to capture visual data based at least on the operational mode. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the shape configuration comprises at least a first portion of the display being oriented relative to a second portion of the display. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein at least the display is flexible. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the display is segmented into portions, the portions being at least mechanically coupled to allow the display portions to move relative to each other. ### Claim 30 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the new shape configuration comprises at least two opposing end portions of the display folded away from a center of a presentation surface of the display so that at least the display becomes substantially columnar in shape with the presentation surface visible on an outer surface of the columnar shape. ### Claim 31 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the new shape configuration comprises at least two opposing end portions of the display folded towards a center of a presentation surface of the display so that the presentation surface is visible on the interior of the folded display. ### Claim 32 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the sensor circuitry comprises a plurality of sensors. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The device of claim 32, wherein the operational mode is to cause certain sensors in the plurality of sensors to capture the visual data based on the shape configuration. ### Claim 34 (depends on 32) The device of claim 32, wherein the shape configuration of at least the display causes the plurality of sensors to be positioned with respect to each other to capture visual data corresponding to at least a 180 degree viewing range surrounding the device. ### Claim 35 (depends on 32) The device of claim 32, wherein the shape configuration of at least the display causes the plurality of sensors to be positioned with respect to each other to capture visual data corresponding to substantially a 360 degree viewing range surrounding the device. ### Claim 36 (depends on 26) The device of claim 26, wherein the control circuitry is to configure operation of the display based on the operational mode. ### Claim 37 A method for controlling a visual data capture device, comprising: determining that a deformable display having a shape configuration in a device has changed to a new shape configuration; determining if the new shape configuration involves visual data capture; and based on a determination that the new shape configuration involves visual data capture, configuring an operational mode for at least sensor circuitry in the device based on the shape configuration and causing the sensor circuitry to capture the visual data based on the operational mode. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The method of claim 37, wherein the shape configuration comprises at least a first portion of the display being oriented relative to a second portion of the display. ### Claim 39 (depends on 37) The method of claim 37, wherein configuring an operational mode for the sensor circuitry comprises configuring the operation of a plurality of sensors in the sensor circuitry. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The method of claim 39, wherein configuring the operation of the plurality of sensors comprises causing certain sensors in the plurality of sensors to capture the visual data based on the shape configuration. ### Claim 41 (depends on 37) The method of claim 37, further comprising: configuring operation of the display based on the operational mode. ### Claim 42 (depends on 37) The method of claim 37, further comprising: based on a determination that the new shape configuration does not involve visual data capture, executing a non-capture operation based on the capture configuration. ### Claim 43 (depends on 37) The method of claim 37, further comprising: based on a determination that the new shape configuration does not involve visual data capture, determining whether a previous shape configuration involved visual data capture; and based on a determination that the previous shape configuration involved visual data capture, at least loading previously captured visual data and displaying the previously captured visual data on the display. ### Claim 44 At least one machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions for controlling a visual data capture device that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine that a deformable display having a shape configuration in a device has changed to a new shape configuration; determine if the new shape configuration involves visual data capture; and based on a determination that the new shape configuration involves visual data capture, configure an operational mode for at least sensor circuitry in the device based on the shape configuration and cause the sensor circuitry to capture the visual data based on the operational mode. ### Claim 45 (depends on 44) The storage medium of claim 44, wherein the shape configuration comprises at least a first portion of the display being oriented relative to a second portion of the display. ### Claim 46 (depends on 44) The storage medium of claim 44, wherein the instructions to configure an operational mode for the sensor circuitry comprise instructions to configure the operation of a plurality of sensors in the sensor circuitry. ### Claim 47 (depends on 46) The storage medium of claim 46, wherein the instructions to configure the operation of the plurality of sensors comprise instructions to cause certain sensors in the plurality of sensors to capture the visual data based on the shape configuration. ### Claim 48 (depends on 44) The storage medium of claim 44, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: configure operation of the display based on the operational mode. ### Claim 49 (depends on 44) The storage medium of claim 44, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: based on a determination that the new shape configuration does not involve visual data capture, execute a non-capture operation based on the capture configuration. ### Claim 50 (depends on 44) The storage medium of claim 44, further comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: based on a determination that the new shape configuration does not involve visual data capture, determine whether a previous shape configuration involved visual data capture; and based on a determination that the previous shape configuration involved visual data capture, at least load previously captured visual data and display the previously captured visual data on the display.