Methods and systems for capturing enhanced media in real-time

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12143718-B2
Application number	US-202318107054-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2023
Priority date	Apr 14, 2020
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

The embodiments herein disclose methods and systems for switching between a macro and a non-macro sensing mode for capturing macro and non-macro media in real-time. A method for controlling an electronic device may include acquiring at least one frame; identifying an operation mode of the electronic device among a macro sensing mode and non-macro sensing mode based on at least one of focus data and blur data of the at least one frame; and acquiring at least one image by using an image sensor, from among a plurality of image sensors of the electronic device, corresponding to the operation mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a first camera;
a second camera;
a display; and
at least one processor configured to:
while obtaining a first plurality of images via the first camera and a second plurality of images via the second camera:
control the display to display a first preview based on the first plurality of images;
while the first preview based on the first plurality of images is being displayed on the display, obtain first information via the first camera and second information via the second camera; and

based on the first information and the second information, control the display to switch from displaying the first preview based on the first plurality of images to displaying a second preview based on the second plurality of images.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images are captured simultaneously.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises data related to a focus of the first camera, and
wherein the second information comprises data related to a focus of the second camera.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first information is determined based on an analysis of images captured by the first camera, and
wherein the second information is determined based on a second phase difference value between phase difference pixels in the second camera.

5. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first information further comprises data related to a light condition of the first camera, and the second information further comprises data related to a light condition of the second camera.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises data related to a light condition of the first camera, and
wherein the second information comprises data related to a light condition of the second camera.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on the first information indicating that the first camera is in a out of focus state and the second information indicating that the second camera is in a focus state, display, on the display, the second preview based on the second plurality of images.

8. An electronic device comprising:
a first camera configured to capture non-macro images;
a second camera configured to capture macro images;
a display; and
at least one processor configured to:
periodically obtain first information via the first camera and second information via the second camera,
identify in an ongoing manner, based on the periodically obtained first information and second information, a current operation mode of the electronic device from among a macro sensing mode and a non-macro sensing mode,
based on the identification of the current operation mode at a given point in time, obtain at least one first frame obtained by using a camera, from among the first camera and the second camera, corresponding to the current operation mode, and cause the at least one first frame to be displayed by the display,
determine in an ongoing manner, based on the periodically obtained first information and second information, whether the current operation mode changes, and
based on the determination that the current operation mode has changed, obtain at least one second frame obtained by using the other camera from among the first camera and the second camera, and cause the at least one second frame to be displayed by the display.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first information and the second information are obtained simultaneously.

10. The device as claimed in claim 8 ,
wherein the first information comprises data related to a focus of the first camera, and
wherein the second information comprises data related to a focus of the second camera.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10 ,
wherein the first information is determined based on a first phase difference value between phase difference pixels in the first camera, and
wherein the second information is determined based on a second phase difference value between phase difference pixels in the second camera.

12. The device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first information further comprises data related to a light condition of the first camera, and the second information further comprises data related to a light condition of the second camera.

13. The device as claimed in claim 8 ,
wherein the first information comprises data related to a light condition of the first camera, and
wherein the second information comprises data related to a light condition of the second camera.

14. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on the first information indicating that the first camera is in a de-focus state and the second information indicating that the second camera is in a focus state, cause the display to display at least one frame obtained by using the second camera.

15. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising a first camera and a second camera, the method comprising:
while obtaining a first plurality of images via the first camera and a second plurality of images via the second camera:
displaying a first preview based on the first plurality of images;
while displaying the first preview based on the first plurality of images, obtaining first information via the first camera and second information via the second camera; and
based on the first information and the second information, switch from displaying the first preview based on the first plurality of images to displaying a second preview based on the second plurality of images.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images are captured simultaneously.

17. The method of claim 15 ,
wherein the first information comprises data related to a focus of the first camera, and
wherein the second information comprises data related to a focus of the second camera.

18. The method of claim 17 ,
wherein the first information is determined based on an analysis of images captured by the first camera, and
wherein the second information is determined based on a second phase difference value between phase difference pixels in the second camera.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first information is data related to a light condition of the first camera, and
wherein the second information is data related to a light condition of the second camera.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the displaying the second preview further comprises, based on the first information indicating that the first camera is in a out of focus state and the second information indicating that the second camera is in a focus state, displaying the second preview based on the second plurality of images.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Arora Shivam
• Shukla Ankit
• Singh Ashish Kumar
• Dey Abhijit
• Nataraju Kiran
• Basu Rajib
• Soni Amit Kumar
• D'Souza Rohan Claude
• Chowdhury Amit

Classifications

• G06T5/73

  Deblurring; Sharpening · CPC title

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N23/611

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• G02B7/36 Primary

  using image sharpness techniques {, e.g. image processing techniques for generating autofocus signals (image data processing per se G06T; in cameras having a solid state image sensor H04N23/67)} · CPC title

• G06T5/20

  using local operators · CPC title