Apparatus for adjusting image capture settings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9060127-B2
Application number	US-201414161365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2014
Priority date	Jan 23, 2013
Publication date	Jun 16, 2015
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015

Abstract

A device and method are provided for adjusting image capture settings. In one implementation, a wearable apparatus may include at least one wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user. The wearable apparatus may also include at least one processing device configured to identify, in at least one representation of at least one of the plurality of images, an existence of at least one visual trigger in the environment of the user, determine, based on a type of the at least one visual trigger, a value for at least one capturing parameter, cause the image sensor to capture at least one subsequent image according to at least the value of the at least one capturing parameter, determine a data size for storing at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image, and store, in a memory, the at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wearable apparatus for capturing and processing images, the wearable apparatus comprising:
at least one wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user; and
at least one processing device configured to:
identify, in at least one representation of at least one of the plurality of images, an existence of at least one visual trigger in the environment of the user by comparing a representation of the at least one visual trigger with a plurality of stored representations of visual triggers to find a match;
determine, based on a type of the at least one visual trigger and available storage space in a memory, a capturing mode from a plurality of capturing modes and a value for at least one capturing parameter of the capturing mode;
cause the image sensor to capture at least one subsequent image according to at least the value of the at least one capturing parameter;
determine a data size for storing at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image; and
store, in the memory, the at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image.

2. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one capturing parameter includes at least one of the following: an image resolution, a compression ratio, a scaling parameter and a cropping parameter.

3. The wearable apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the at least one capturing parameter further includes at least one of the following: frame rate, a focus point, an exposure time, an aperture size, and a light sensitivity.

4. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to determine the value for the at least one capturing parameter based on available storage space in the memory.

5. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one visual trigger includes at least one of the following: an individual-type trigger, an object-type trigger, an activity-type trigger, a location-type trigger, a logo-type trigger, a text-type trigger, a document-type trigger, and a lip-moving type trigger.

6. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of capturing modes include one or more of: a stop motion capturing mode, a video capturing mode, an audio capturing mode, a 3D capturing mode, and an optical character recognition (OCR) mode.

7. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to determine a value of at least one other capturing parameter based on the identity of the at least one visual trigger.

8. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to determine a value of at least one other capturing parameter based on at least one of: a global position system (GPS) trigger, a time-of-day trigger, and an audible trigger.

9. The wearable apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one wearable image sensor includes a first image sensor for capturing images at a first resolution and a second image sensor for capturing images at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.

10. A wearable apparatus for capturing and processing images from an environment of a user, the wearable apparatus comprising:
at least one image sensor for capturing a first plurality of images in a first resolution and capturing a second plurality of images in a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; and
at least one processing device configured to:
identify, in at least one representation of at least one of the first plurality of images, an existence of at least one visual trigger in the environment of the user by comparing a representation of the at least one visual trigger with a plurality of stored representations of visual triggers to find a match;
determine, based on an identity of the at least one visual trigger, to capture at least one subsequent image in the second resolution;
store, in a memory, at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image; and
determine, based on available storage space in the memory, to capture at least one other subsequent image in the first resolution.

11. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to determine a data size for storing the at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image based on the type of the at least one visual trigger.

12. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the wearable apparatus is powered by a mobile power source, and the at least one processing device further configured to determine a data size for storing the at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image based on a power level of the mobile power source.

13. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to:
instruct the at least one image sensor to capture a plurality of subsequent images in the second resolution; and
select a subset of representations of the plurality of subsequent ages for storage in the memory.

14. The wearable apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to select the subset of the representations of the plurality of subsequent images based on a predefined rule.

15. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to extract information from the at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image, and after extracting the information, to delete the at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image from the memory.

16. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one visual trigger includes at least one of the following: an individual-type trigger, an object-type trigger, an activity-type trigger, a location-type trigger, a logo-type trigger, a text-type trigger, a document-type trigger, and a lip-moving type trigger.

17. The wearable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processing device is further configured to determine, based on the identity of the at least one visual trigger, to capture the at least one subsequent image in the second resolution.

18. A wearable apparatus for capturing and processing images, the wearable apparatus comprising:
at least one wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a user; and
at least one processing device configured to:
identify, in at least one representation of at least one of the plurality of images, an existence of at least one visual trigger in the environment of the user by comparing a representation of the at least one visual trigger with a plurality of stored representations of visual triggers to find a match;
determine, based on a type of the at least one visual trigger and based on available storage space in a memory, a capturing mode of a plurality of capturing modes and a value for at least one capturing parameter of the capturing mode;
cause the image sensor to capture at least one subsequent image according to at least the value of the at least one capturing parameter; and
store, in the memory, at least one representation of the at least one subsequent image.

19. The wearable apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the memory is included within the wearable apparatus.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by at least one processing device, cause the at least one

Assignees

• Wexler Yonatan
• Shashua Amnon
• Orcam Technologies Ltd

Inventors

• Wexler Yonatan
• Shashua Amnon

Classifications

• G06F1/266

  Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips · CPC title

• G06F1/263

  Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC (G06F1/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/163 Primary

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• H04N23/64 Primary

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/50

  Constructional details · CPC title