Enabling manually triggered multiple field of view image capture within a surround image mode for multi-lens mobile devices

A mobile device comprising:

• two or more camera lenses, which comprise a front-side and a rear-side camera lens of the mobile device, wherein the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses are interior components deposed between a front and a back side of the mobile device, wherein the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses each have a field of view between ninety and one hundred and eighty degrees while at least one of the front-side and rear-side camera lenses has a field of view less than one hundred and eighty degrees, wherein coverage of the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses is non-overlapping when concurrently activated, wherein a region of a 360 degree arc about the mobile device remains uncovered by either the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses when concurrently activated;
• a non-transitory storage medium;
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• one or more processors executing program instructions to;
• receive a user activation of an image capture function of the mobile device, wherein the image capture function is for a surround image mode;
• responsive to the user activation, approximately concurrently activate the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses;
• responsive to the user activation, optically capture a first front-side image using the front-side camera lens and a first rear-side image using the rear-side camera lens, wherein creation of the first front-side image and of the first rear-side image occurs concurrently;
• while still in the surround image mode and while still performing the image capture function wait a delay period from a time at which the first front-side image and the first rear-side image was created, during which a user manually repositions the mobile device to align the front-side and rear-side camera lenses to cover the region of the 360 degree arc initially not covered;
• after the delay period once the mobile device has been manually repositioned continuing the image capture function by capture a second front-side image using the front-side lens and a second rear-side image using the rear-side lens, wherein creation of the second front-side image and the second rear-side image occurs concurrently,
• while still performing the image capture function, combine content from the first front-side image, the second front-side image, the first rear side image, and the second rear side image to create a single file that is a three hundred and sixty degree panoramic image also referred to as a surround image that optically covers the region of the 360 degree arc about the mobile device;
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• record, as part of the image capture function, in a non-transitory storage medium of the mobile device, the single file.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:

• computer usable program code of a non-transitory storage medium configured to:
• receive a user activation of an image capture function of the mobile device, wherein the image capture function is for a surround image mode, wherein the mobile device comprises a front-side and a rear-side camera lens of the mobile device, wherein the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses are interior components deposed between a front and a back side of the mobile device, wherein the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses each have a field of view between ninety and one hundred and eighty degrees while at least one of the front-side and rear-side camera lenses has a field of view less than one hundred and eighty degrees, wherein coverage of the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses is non-overlapping when concurrently activated, wherein a region of a 360 degree arc about the mobile device remains uncovered by either the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses when concurrently activated;
• responsive to the user activation, approximately concurrently activate the front-side and the rear-side camera lenses;
• responsive to the user activation, optically capture a first front-side image using the front-side camera lens and a first rear-side image using the rear-side camera lens, wherein creation of the first front-side image and of the first rear-side image occurs concurrently;
• while still in the surround image mode and while still performing the image capture function wait a delay period from a time at which the first front-side image and the first rear-side image was created, during which a user manually repositions the mobile device to align the front-side and rear-side camera lenses to cover the region of the 360 degree arc initially not covered;
• after the delay period once the mobile device has been manually repositioned continuing the image capture function by capture a second front-side image using the front-side lens and a second rear-side image using the rear-side lens, wherein creation of the second front-side image and the second rear-side image occurs concurrently,
• while still performing the image capture function, combine content from the first front-side image, the second front-side image, the first rear side image, and the second rear side image to create a single file that is a three and sixty hundred degree panoramic image also referred to as a surround image that optically covers the region of the 360 degree arc about the mobile device;
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• record, as part of the image capture function, in a non-transitory storage medium of the mobile device, the single file.