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Determining trigger rate for a digital camera

US8284250B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Kroepfl · Bellevue, US
Joachim Bauer · Hamburg, DE
Gerhard Neuhold · Naas, AT
Stefan Bernögger · Graz, AT
Gur Kimchi · Bellevue, US
John Charles Curlander · Boulder, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 16, 2009
Grant date	Oct 9, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/698
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system that facilitates determining a trigger rate for a digital camera to provide a threshold forward overlap for consecutively captured images is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives first data pertaining to a distance between the digital camera and a surface. The system additionally includes a rate determiner component that is in communication with the receiver component, wherein the rate determiner component determines the trigger rate for the digital camera based at least in part upon the first data, wherein the trigger rate is indicative of an amount of time between consecutive images captured by the digital camera.

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