METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING IMAGES

• Main Authors: NIEMI SAMI, FREDH DAVID
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 07.02.2014
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

A camera and a method of capturing images using the camera. A view depicted by the camera is analyzed at a processor. Based on said analysis, a first configuration of the camera is determined at the processor. In response to a detection of an image capturing command at the camera, at least two images are captured. The at least two images comprise a first image captured using the first configuration of the camera and a second image captured using a second configuration. The second image is captured automatically in response to analysis of the first image. The second configuration is determined based on analysis of the first image captured by the camera. A source image from the at least two images is selected at the camera. A source area within the source image is identified at the camera. A target image from the at least two images is selected at the camera. The target image is an image selected by the processor based on a set of criteria in response to the source area of the source image being identified. A target area from the target image is identified at the camera. The target area in the target image is identified using a set of coordinates for the source area. The source area is replaced, at the processor, with the target area from the target image to form a composite image.