US 8,576,325 B2 · Generating still images and video by capture of images projected by light passing through a display screen

Abstract

Methods and systems for generating still images and video by capture of images projected by light passing through a display screen are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes controlling light emitting components of a display screen to activate in a sequence for displaying a sequence of images. For example, in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display screen, the method may include controlling a subset of the display screen OLEDs to activate in sequence to display a sequence of images. The displayed sequence of images may appear to a viewer of the display screen to be a still image or a video. The method may control light emitting components different subsets of the LEDs to be activated in the sequence, such that different areas of the display screen display images in each part of the sequence.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

controlling different groups of light emitting components of a display screen to activate in a predetermined sequence for displaying a sequence of images;
controlling other light emitting components of the display screen that are not activated for displaying the sequence of images to be inactive such that different portions of the display screen are at least partially transparent for allowing light to pass therethrough for projecting different portions of a scene onto predetermined portions of an image capture device in coordination with the predetermined sequence;
using the image capture device to capture the sequence of projected portions of the scene;
and
generating a still image of the scene based on the captured sequence of projected portions of the scene.

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A system comprising:

an image controller configured to:
control different groups of light emitting components of a display screen to activate in a predetermined sequence for displaying a sequence of images;
and
control other light emitting components of the display screen that are not activated for displaying the sequence of images to be inactive such that different portions of the display screen are at least partially transparent for allowing light to pass therethrough for projecting different portions of a scene onto predetermined portions of an image capture device in coordination with the predetermined sequence;
wherein the image capture device is configured and positioned to capture the sequence of projected portions of the scene;
and
an image generator configured to generate a still image of the scene based on the captured sequence of projected portions of the scene.

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A computer program product for generating an image by capture of images projected by light passing through a display screen, said computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to control different groups of light emitting components of a display screen to activate in a predetermined sequence for displaying a sequence of images;
computer readable program code configured to control other light emitting components of the display screen that are not activated for displaying the sequence of images to be inactive such that different portions of the display screen are at least partially transparent for allowing light to pass therethrough for projecting different portions of a scene onto predetermined portions of an image capture device in coordination with the predetermined sequence;
computer readable program code configured to use the image capture device to capture the sequence of projected portions of the scene;
and
computer readable program code configured to generate a still image of the scene based on the captured sequence of projected portions of the scene.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generating still images and video by capture of images projected by light passing through a display screen

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Generating still images and video by capture of images projected by light passing through a display screen

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Abstract

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