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US 8,045,799 B2Granted
System and method for generating a photograph with variable image quality
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsWilliam O. Camp, Jr., Mark G. Kokes, Toby J. Bowen, Walter M. Marcinkiewicz
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Abstract
Image data for a digital photograph is segmented into a first portion and a second portion. The image data of the second portion is processed to have a quality lower than the image data of the first portion. An image file for the scene is stored where the image file contains image data corresponding to the first and second portions so that the image file has a high quality portion and a low quality portion.
Claims17
A method of managing image data for a digital photograph, comprising:
- capturing image data corresponding to a scene with a camera assembly;
- segmenting the image data into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion corresponds to a visual element in the scene that has a proximity relationship with a predetermined location within the photograph;
- processing the image data of the second portion to have a quality lower than the image data of the first portion;
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- storing an image file for the scene, the image file containing image data corresponding to the first and second portions so that the image file has a high quality portion and a low quality portion.
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A camera assembly for taking a digital photograph, comprising:
- a sensor that captures image data corresponding to a scene;
- a controller that segments the image data into a first portion and a second portion, and that processes the image data of the second portion to have a quality lower than the image data of the first portion, wherein the first portion corresponds to a visual element in the scene that has a proximity relationship with a predetermined location within the photograph;
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- a memory that stores an image file for the scene, the image file containing image data corresponding to the first and second portions so that the image file has a high quality portion and a low quality portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.