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US 2023/0403449 A1Published application
Closed loop photography
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorDongeek Shin
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Abstract
Improved techniques of generating photographs using a camera or other image capture device includes the use of “soft” indicators such as haptics, audio, heads-up display, and other modalities to warn the user of a potential occlusion before a user activates a shutter trigger.
Claims23
An apparatus, comprising:
- an image capture device configured to capture images of a scene, the image capture device including:
- a light detector;
- and
- a shutter trigger configured to cause a shutter to open to allow light reflected from the scene toward the image capture device to be incident on the light detector;
- and
- an occlusion detection device configured to determine whether an object will occlude the scene while the shutter is open, the occlusion detection device including:
- a proximity detection device configured to determine whether the object is moving toward the shutter trigger;
- and
- a notification device configured to, in response to the proximity detection device determining that the object is moving toward the shutter trigger, transmit a notification that the object is occluding the scene.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected by an object;
- determining whether the object is occluding a scene based on the electromagnetic radiation reflected by the object;
- and
- in response to a proximity detection device determining that the object is occluding the scene, transmitting a notification that the object is occluding the scene.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product including code that, when executed by processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected by an object;
- determining whether the object is occluding a scene based on the electromagnetic radiation reflected by the object;
- and
- in response to a proximity detection device determining that the object is occluding the scene, transmitting a notification that the object is occluding the scene.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.