Systems and Methods for Sampling Images

A system comprising:

• at least one image capture device;
• an image processing unit;
• a controller having one or more processors;
• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by the one or more processors to:
• cause the at least one image capture device to capture a plurality of images;
• determine a plurality of sets of exposure parameter values for one or more exposure parameters that correspond to the plurality of images, wherein the plurality of sets of exposure parameter values are determined at an exposure determination rate, wherein the exposure determination rate comprises a rate at which the plurality of images are processed by the controller to determine each set of exposure parameter values;
• and
• send, to the image processing unit, a subset of the plurality of images, wherein the subset of images is sent at a sampling rate, and wherein the sampling rate is less than the exposure determination rate.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a computing system to perform functions comprising:

• determining, by a controller of an image capture system, a plurality of sets of exposure parameter values for one or more exposure parameters, wherein the plurality of sets of exposure parameter values are determined at an exposure determination rate, wherein the exposure determination rate comprises a rate at which captured images are processed by the controller to determine each set of exposure parameter values;
• capturing, by an image capture device of the image capture system, a plurality of images, wherein each image of the plurality of images is captured according to a set of exposure parameter values of the plurality of sets of exposure parameter values;
• and
• sending, by the controller of the image capture system to an image processing unit, a subset of the plurality of images, wherein the subset of images is sent at a sampling rate, and wherein the sampling rate is less than the exposure determination rate.