System and method for automatic image capture control in digital imaging
US9160912B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/61
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for automatic image capture control and digital imaging is described. An image buffer is initialized to store a digital image produced by an image sensor, through allocation of a region in memory for the buffer that is large enough to store a full resolution frame from the image sensor. While non-binning streaming frames, from the sensor and in the buffer, are being displayed in preview, the sensor is reconfigured into binning mode, and then binned streaming frames are processed in the buffer, but without allocating a smaller region in memory for the buffer. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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