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US 8,913,147 B2Granted
Systems, methods, and computer program products for digital image capture
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorMiguel Angel Escobedo
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Abstract
A method including initiating video functionality of an optical image capture device, using the video functionality to capture a plurality of still images at video speed, saving the plurality of still images as a cached timeline from which a user may select a desired still image, and providing a user interface on a display screen to allow the user to select a desired still image.
Claims16
An electronic system comprising:
- an input/output interface operable to receive an input from a user and communicate an output to the user;
- a transceiver operable to electronically communicate with a computer network;
- a computer processor operable to execute instructions;
- an optical image capture device in communication with the processor;
- and
- a memory storage operable to store the instructions, the memory storage further comprising a program module that is operable to:
- initiate video functionality of the optical device;
- capture multiple still images of a scene using the video functionality of the optical image capture device to capture the multiple still images at a video speed;
- and
- store the multiple still images so that one of the still images is saved as a nominal still image with the remaining still images as metadata for the nominal still image,
- wherein the program module is further operable to designate the nominal image upon the user selecting a capture option, further wherein the remaining still images comprise video data immediately preceding the nominal image, wherein the program module is further operable to receive two selections of the capture option in rapid succession to capture another nominal image in addition to the nominal image, further wherein the nominal image and the additional nominal image share at least a portion of the remaining still images.
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A method comprising:
- initiating video functionality of an optical image capture device;
- using the video functionality to capture a plurality of still images at video speed, wherein using the video functionality to capture a plurality of still images comprises:
- receiving user input selecting a capture option;
- and
- designating a nominal still image at a time the user selects the capture option and saving the video data preceding the nominal still image as the plurality of still images;
- saving the plurality of still images as a cached timeline from which a user may select a desired still image;
- providing a user interface on a display screen to allow the user to select a desired still image form the plurality of still images;
- and
- receiving an additional selection of the capture option in rapid succession to designate another nominal image in addition to the nominal image, further wherein the nominal image and the additional nominal image share at least a portion of the plurality of still images.
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A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic for capturing images, the computer program product comprising:
- code to use video functionality of a processor-based device to capture a plurality still images at video speed
- code to receive input from a user at a mobile device, the input selecting an image capture option;
- code to designate a nominal still image at a time the user selects the capture option and save video data preceding the nominal still image as the plurality of still images as a cached timeline from which a user may select a desired still image;
- code to provide a user interface on a display screen to allow the user to select a desired still image from the plurality of still images;
- and
- code to receive an additional selection of the capture option in rapid succession to designate another nominal image in addition to the nominal image, further wherein the nominal image and the additional nominal image share at least a portion of the plurality of still images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.