Guided image capture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9716826-B2
Application number	US-201113997990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2011
Priority date	Dec 7, 2011
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

Examples are disclosed for determining a suggested camera pose or suggested camera settings for a user to capture one or more images. In some examples, the suggested camera pose or suggested camera settings may be based on an indication of the user's interest and gathered information associated with the user's interests. The user may be guided to adjust an actual camera pose or actual camera settings to match the suggested camera pose or suggested camera settings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor circuit, an indication of interest of a user in capturing one or more images with a camera at a given location;
gathering information associated with the interest of the user, the gathered information to comprise information received from a social network, the gathered information to include capture information for one or more captured images associated with one or more members of the social network, the capture information including at least one camera setting of another camera used to capture a captured image of the one or more captured images and a visual feature of the captured image, the one or more captured images captured at the given location;
comparing the visual feature of the captured image to a visual feature of an image captured or observed by the camera;
determining a suggested camera pose and a suggested camera setting based on the indication of the interest of the user, the gathered information, and the comparison of the visual feature of the captured image to the visual feature of the image captured or observed by the camera; and
providing guidance to adjust an actual camera pose to match the suggested camera pose.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising providing guidance by providing feedback via a display coupled to the camera, the feedback to cause the display to indicate a suggested capture location, a suggested capture direction and a suggested capture angle based on the one or more images captured by one or more members of the social network at the given location, responsive to the feedback the user to adjust an actual camera location, an actual capture direction and an actual capture angle to match the suggested capture location, the suggested capture direction and the suggested capture angle.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising communicatively coupling to the social network via a wireless network connection to receive the gathered information.

4. The method of claim 3 , the camera comprising a built-in camera for a wireless computing device having wireless network capabilities to establish the wireless network connection, the wireless computing device to include one of a smart phone, a tablet, a notebook computer, or an ultra-mobile computer.

5. The method of claim 3 , the camera to establish a tethered wireless connection with one of a smart phone, a tablet, a notebook computer, or an ultra-mobile computer, the tethered wireless connection to enable the camera to communicatively couple to the social network via the wireless network connection.

6. The method of claim 1 , the indication of interest of the user to include capturing the one or more images to create a panoramic image from a first location point at the given location to a second location point at the given location and providing guidance to include providing feedback via a display coupled to the camera, the feedback to cause the display to indicate a suggested capture location, a suggested capture direction and a suggested capture angle, responsive to the feedback the user to adjust the actual camera pose to include adjusting an actual capture location, an actual capture direction and an actual capture angle to match the suggested capture location, the suggested capture direction and the suggested capture angle.

7. The method of claim 6 , comprising:
updating the panoramic image responsive to a first capture by the user following the user matching the actual camera pose with the suggested camera pose;
determining an updated suggested camera pose based on the updated panoramic image; and
providing guidance to adjust the actual camera pose to match the updated suggested camera pose.

8. The method of claim 7 , comprising determining the updated suggested camera pose based on identifying a gap in the updated panoramic image, the gap falling between the first location point and the second location point.

9. The method of claim 6 , the gathered information to include capture information for one or more images captured by one or more members of the social network from the first location point at the given location to the second location point at the given location.

10. The method of claim 9 , comprising providing guidance by providing feedback via a display coupled to the camera, the feedback to cause the display to indicate a suggested capture location, a suggested capture direction and a suggested capture angle based on the one or more images captured by one or more members of the social network from the first location point at the given location to the second location point at the given location, responsive to the feedback the user to adjust the actual camera pose to include adjusting an actual capture location, an actual capture direction and an actual capture angle to match the suggested capture location, the suggested capture direction and the suggested capture angle.

11. The method of claim 10 , comprising:
updating the panoramic image responsive to a first capture by the user following the user matching the actual camera pose with the suggested camera pose;
determining an updated camera pose based on the updated panoramic image and on the one or more images captured by the one or more members of the social network from the first location point at the given location to the second location point at the given location; and
providing guidance to adjust the actual camera pose to match the updated suggested camera pose.

12. The method of claim 1 , the indication of interest of the user to include capturing the one or more images to create a three-dimensional image at a given location and providing guidance to include providing feedback via a display coupled to the camera, the feedback to cause the display to indicate a suggested capture location, a suggested capture direction and a suggested capture angle based on a suggested three-dimensional model, responsive to the feedback the user to adjust the actual camera pose to include adjusting an actual capture location, an actual capture direction and an actual capture angle to match the suggested capture location, the suggested capture direction and the suggested capture angle.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising:
updating the three-dimensional image responsive to a first capture by the user following the user matching the actual camera pose with the suggested camera pose;
determining an updated suggested camera pose based on the updated three-dimensional image and the three-dimensional model; and
providing guidance to adjust the actual camera pose to match the updated suggested camera pose.

14. The method of claim 13 , comprising determining the updated suggested camera pose based on identifying a gap in the updated three-dimensional image when compared to the three-dimensional model.

15. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
determining one or more suggested camera settings to include at least one of a flash setting, an aperture setting, a shutter speed or a zoom setting;
providing guidance to adjust one or more actual camera settings to match the one or more suggested camera settings.

16. An apparatus comprising:
a processor circuit; and
a memory unit communicatively coupled to the processor circuit, the memory unit arranged to store a suggestion manager operative on the processor circuit to receive an indication of interest of a user to capture one or more images with a camera at a given location, the suggestion manager configured to gather information associated with the interest of the user, the gathered information to comprise information received from a social network, the gather

Assignees

• Wu Yi
• El Choubassi Maha
• Kozintsev Igor V
• Beckwith Richard T
• Anderson Kenneth T
• Bezaitis Maria
• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Wu Yi
• El Choubassi Maha
• Kozintsev Igor V
• Beckwith Richard T
• Anderson Kenneth T
• Bezaitis Maria

Classifications

• H04N13/211 Primary

  using temporal multiplexing · 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

• H04N23/661

  Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet · CPC title

• H04N23/634

  Warning indications · CPC title

• H04N23/631

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title