Method to stabilize video stream using on-device positional sensors

A video device, comprising:

• a sensor to determine an amount of movement of the video device;
• a memory component to store video-related information;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor and the memory component, the processor configured to receive movement information from the sensor and to interrupt communication of video-related information to the memory component when the movement information indicates that acceleration of the video device exceeds a threshold,
• wherein the interruption ends upon the occurrence of at least one of:
• detection of acceleration that does not exceed the threshold;
• expiration of a predetermined period of time;
• and
• manual selection of an input mechanism, and
• wherein, when the interruption can be ended by manual selection of an input mechanism, a first image that was recorded before the interruption and a second, live image are displayed on a viewfinder on the video device during the interruption.

A video device, comprising:

• a sensor to determine an amount of movement of the video device;
• a memory component to store video-related information;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor and the memory component, the processor configured to receive movement information from the sensor and to interrupt communication of video-related information to the memory component when the movement information indicates that acceleration of the video device exceeds a threshold,
• wherein display of live images on a viewfinder on the video device is interrupted when the acceleration of the video device exceeds the threshold, and
• wherein an image that was recorded before the interruption of communication of video-related information is displayed on the viewfinder during the interruption of communication of video-related information.

A video device, comprising:

• a sensor to determine an amount of movement of the video device;
• a memory component to store video-related information;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor and the memory component, the processor configured to receive movement information from the sensor and to interrupt communication of video-related information to the memory component when the movement information indicates that acceleration of the video device exceeds a threshold,
• wherein display of live images on a viewfinder on the video device is interrupted when the acceleration of the video device exceeds the threshold, and
• wherein, when the acceleration of the video device no longer exceeds the threshold, display of live images on the viewfinder resumes, but communication of video-related information to the memory component does not resume until the video device receives a manual input.

A video device, comprising:

• a sensor to determine an amount of movement of the video device;
• a memory component to store video-related information;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor and the memory component, the processor configured to receive movement information from the sensor and to interrupt communication of video-related information to the memory component when the movement information indicates that acceleration of the video device exceeds a threshold,
• wherein, during the interruption, an image that was recorded before the interruption is retrieved from the memory component and placed in a video recording stored in the memory component in each frame of the video recording that would have contained a live image if the interruption had not occurred.