Frame manipulation to reduce rolling shutter artifacts

A method of capturing images, comprising:

• capturing, by an image sensor, a set of two or more frames over a frame set interval, wherein capturing a frame comprises capturing light during a frame capture interval to produce frame data, wherein the captured light comprises light incident upon the image sensor during the entire frame capture interval, and wherein the frame data is representative of the captured light;
• buffering, by a buffer memory, the frame data associated with the set of frames;
• combining, by a frame processor configured to receive the frame data associated with the set of frames from the buffer memory, the frame data associated with the set of frames to produce combined frame data;
• and
• processing, by a hardware image signal processor, the combined frame data during a frame processing interval to produce a processed frame comprising processed frame data representative of the set of frames, the frame processing interval longer than the frame capture interval and equal to or less than the frame set interval.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for method of capturing images, the instructions configured to, when executed, cause a camera to perform steps comprising:

• capturing, by an image sensor, a set of two or more frames over a frame set interval, wherein capturing a frame comprises capturing light during a frame capture interval to produce frame data, wherein the captured light comprises light incident upon the image sensor during the frame capture interval, and wherein the frame data is representative of the captured light;
• buffering, by a buffer memory, the frame data associated with the set of frames;
• combining, by a frame processor configured to receive the frame data associated with the set of frames from the buffer memory, the frame data associated with the set of frames to produce combined frame data;
• and
• processing, by a hardware image signal processor, the combined frame data during a frame processing interval to produce a processed frame comprising processed frame data representative of the set of frames, the frame processing interval longer than the frame capture interval and equal to or less than the frame set interval.