Digital zoom with sensor mode change
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsTomi Sokeila, Mikko Muukki
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Abstract
An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to, during a digital zoom having increasing or decreasing zoom values for first frames taken by a camera, and based upon a sensor mode changing from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode, using at least one new different zoom value to one of the first frames captured by the camera before the sensor mode change to form at least one new second frame.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- during a digital zoom having increasing or decreasing zoom values for first frames taken by a camera, and based upon a sensor mode changing from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode, use at least one of the first frames captured by the camera before the sensor mode change to form at least one new second frame during the sensor mode change;
- use at least one new different zoom value to form the at least one new second frame;
- and
- determine a rate of change of the digital zoom before the sensor mode change, and use the rate of change to at least partially determine the new different zoom value.
A method comprising:
- increasing or decreasing zoom values for a camera during a digital zoom;
- during the digital zoom, changing a sensor mode of the digital zoom from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode;
- and
- during the digital zoom, using at least one first frame captured by the camera before the sensor mode change to thereby form at least one new second frame during the digital zoom;
- using at least one new different zoom value with the at least one first frame to thereby form the at least one new second frame during the digital zoom;
- and
- determining a rate of change of the digital zoom before the sensor mode change and using the rate of change to at least partially determine the new different zoom value.
A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, the operations comprising:
- increasing or decreasing camera zoom values during a digital zoom;
- during the digital zoom, changing a sensor mode of the digital zoom from a first sensor mode to a different second sensor mode;
- and
- using at least one first frame captured by a camera before the sensor mode change to form at least one new second frame during the sensor mode change;
- using at least one new different zoom value with the at least one first frame to thereby form the at least one new second frame during the digital zoom;
- and
- determining a rate of change of the digital zoom before the sensor mode change and using the rate of change to at least partially determine the new different zoom value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.