Intelligent sensor switch during recording
AssigneeGoPro, Inc.
InventorGuillaume Matthieu Guérin
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Abstract
An image capture device may process first frames from a first image sensor obtained at a first frame rate and store the processed first frames in a memory. The image capture device may obtain first camera control statistics based at least on partially processed second frames from a second image sensor obtained at a second frame rate. The image capture device may switch a capture mode to obtain third frames at the second frame rate from the first image sensor and to obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate from the second image sensor.
Claims20
An image capture device comprising:
- an image signal processor configured to:
- process first frames obtained at a first frame rate from a first image sensor;
- obtain first camera control statistics based on second frames obtained at a second frame rate from a second image sensor, wherein the second frame rate is different than the first frame rate;
- the first image sensor further configured to obtain third frames at the second frame rate responsive to an audio cue associated with a direction of an audio signal;
- and
- the second image sensor further configured to obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate based on the audio cue.
An image capture device comprising:
- a first image sensor configured to obtain first frames at a first frame rate;
- a second image sensor configured to obtain second frames at a second frame rate;
- a memory;
- a first image signal processor configured to process the first frames from the first image sensor and store the processed first frames in the memory;
- and
- a second image signal processor configured to partially process the second frames from the second image sensor to obtain first camera control statistics;
- the first image sensor further configured to obtain third frames at the second frame rate based on an indication to switch from the first image sensor to the second image sensor, and
- the second image sensor further configured to obtain fourth frames at the first frame rate based on the indication, wherein the first frame rate is greater than the second frame rate.
A method comprising:
- processing first frames obtained from a first image sensor at a first frame rate;
- obtaining first camera control statistics based on second frames obtained from a second image sensor at a second frame rate that is different than the first frame rate;
- obtaining third frames at the second frame rate responsive to an audio cue associated with a direction of an audio signal;
- and
- obtaining fourth frames at the first frame rate based on the audio cue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.