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US 8,077,208 B2Granted
Method, apparatus, software and arrangement for modifying image data
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorPetri Ahonen
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Abstract
This invention relates to programmable modification of image data of a small compact digital camera. In the method according to the embodiments of the invention sensor data is processed before transferring it to an image processing component. The sensor data is read out from a camera sensor several times during one total exposure time and a data entity representing the final picture is integrated from the sensor data read out during an individual exposure time. The sensor data and/or the data entity are analyzed before the data entity is transferable to the image processing component.
Claims29
A method, comprising:
- reading out sensor data from a camera sensor during an individual exposure time of a total exposure time;
- and
- integrating a data entity representing a final picture from the sensor data read out during the total exposure time such that at least one of the read sensor data and the integrated data entity is analyzed before the data entity is transferred to an image processing component, where a focus distance is automatically changed for at least two individual exposure times to clearly focus at least two objects at different focal distances in an image field of the camera sensor, and where focus information for each of the at least two objects is included in the data entity.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- and
- at least one memory including software, where the at least one memory and the software are configured, with the at least one data processor, to cause the apparatus to at least:
- read out sensor data of a camera sensor during an individual exposure time of a total exposure time,
- analyze the read sensor data,
- integrate a data entity representing a final picture from the sensor data read out during the total exposure time, and
- analyze the data entity before the data entity is transferred to an image processing component, where a focus distance is automatically changed for at least two individual exposure times to clearly focus at least two objects at different focal distances in an image field of the camera sensor, and where focus information for each of the at least two objects is included in the data entity.
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