Systems and methods for autonomously generating photo summaries

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a live stream of image data;
• outputting, for display at a display device, a live preview based on the live stream of image data;
• storing, in a first buffer, a set of images from the stream of image data;
• selecting a subset of images from the set of images stored in the first buffer to include as part of an image object representing a summary of the live stream of image data based on a determination that at least one image in the subset of images exceeds a predetermined sharpness threshold;
• generating based on the subset of images, the image object representing the summary of the stream of image data;
• and
• outputting, for display at the display device, an indication of the image object.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory operatively connected to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• outputting, for display at a display device, a live preview based on a live stream of image data received from an image capture device;
• sampling a set of images from the live stream of image data and storing the set of images in a first buffer
• selecting a subset of images from the set of images stored in the first buffer to include as part of an image object representing a summary of the live stream of image data based on a determination that at least one image in the subset of images exceeds a predetermined sharpness threshold;
• generating based on the subset of images, the image object representing the summary of the stream of image data;
• and
• outputting, for display at the display device, an indication of the image object.