Camera timer
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsElliott B. Harris, Jeffrey Brasket, Justin S. Titi
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Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for displaying useful countdown timers on a media capture device. A media capture device can increase contrast between countdown timer and the video of a scene to be captured by a media capture device and adjust the position and size of a counter displayed on the device based on whether the object is determined to be closer or further than a predetermined threshold distance. Countdown timers can be triggered by detection of objects and gestures.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- displaying, on a media capture device having a display, a scene to be captured upon the expiration of a counter;
- displaying the counter in the scene;
- detecting, by a media processing system in the media capture device, a recognized object in the scene;
- detecting, by the media processing system, that the recognized object has been at least partially obscured;
- and
- suspending the countdown of the timer based on the detection of the obscured recognized object.
An electronic media capture device comprising:
- a display;
- a lens for receiving incident light associated with a series of image frames of a scene to be captured;
- an image sensor configured to convert the incident light into an electrical signal;
- a media processor configured to receive the electrical signal and cause the display to:
- display a digital representation of the scene to be captured upon the expiration of a counter;
- display the counter in the scene;
- detect a recognized object in the scene;
- detect that the recognized object has been at least partially obscured;
- and
- suspend the countdown of the timer based on the detection of the obscured recognized object.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising:
- a medium configured to store computer-readable instructions thereon;
- and
- the computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processing device cause the processing device to perform a method, comprising:
- displaying, on a media capture device having a display, a scene to be captured upon the expiration of a counter;
- displaying the counter in the scene;
- detecting, by a media processing system in the media capture device, a recognized object in the scene;
- detecting, by the media processing system, that the recognized object has been at least partially obscured;
- and
- suspending the countdown of the timer based on the detection of the obscured recognized object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.