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US 2020/0053278 A1Published application
Techniques for improving photograph quality for common problem situations
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorBrant Candelore
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Abstract
A photograph is processed real-time using image processing to determine whether it contains a common imaging problem. An alert is generated on the imaging device to inform the user that the image is OK, needs to be checked, has a common imaging problem, or has a problem that the camera is going to try to automatically fix by either taking a second photograph or fixing the first photograph through image processing.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- at least one imager configured to communicate with the processor;
- at least one computer storage comprising instructions executable by the processor to:
- render a first photograph;
- using real-time post-processing, detecting that the first photograph contains an imaging problem;
- responsive to the first photograph containing an imaging problem perform at least one of the following:
- re-focus, adjust shutter speed and aperture settings, or adjust resolution settings and re-render a second photograph without user intervention,
- leave existing focus and settings alone, and re-render a second photograph without user intervention;
- and
- responsive to the first photograph not containing an imaging problem, generate an audible alert that signals that the first photograph passes at least one photographic check.
7 more elements
A computer storage device that is not a transitory signal and that comprises instructions executable by at least one processor to:
- present on at least one computer display at least one user interface (UI) comprising:
- at least a first selector selectable prior to taking the photograph to cause an imaging device to present a first alert responsive to a first photograph taken by the imaging device being determined to comprise an image with an imaging problem;
- and
- at least a second selector selectable prior to taking the first photograph to cause the imaging device to automatically take a second photograph responsive to the first photograph being determined to comprise an image with an imaging problem.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- receiving a first photograph from an imaging device imager;
- identifying that one or more subject faces in the first photograph is not entirely imaged by the camera;
- responsive to identifying that one or more subject faces in the first photograph is not entirely imaged by the camera, causing a second photograph to be rendered automatically without user intervention.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.