Apple Inc.

Walker J Eagleston

Chanaka G Karunamuni

Graham R Clarke

Andre Souza Dos Santos

Gregory B Novick

James David Batson

Gregory R Chapman

Jianping Zhou

Johnnie B Manzari

Wayne Loofbourrow

Joseph A Malia

James Alexander Howard

Tao Zhang

Neil Gareth Crane

Jeffrey A Brasket

George E Williams

Brandon J Corey

Piotr J Stanczyk

Eric S Lee

Paul Thomas Schneider

Saumitro Dasgupta

Jens Jacob Pallisgaard

Joshua Blake Shagam

Toke Jansen

Seyyedhossein Mousavi

Hugh W Johnson

Takayuki Mizuno

James C Dovey

Kazuhisa Ohta

Hjalte Wedel Vildhoej

Agnes Nemeth

Mikko Berggren Ettienne

William A Sorrentino Iii

André Souza Dos Santos

The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for altering visual media. In some embodiments, user interfaces capturing visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), playing back visual media (e.g., via a synthetic depth-of-field effect), editing visual media (e.g., that has a synthetic depth-of-field effect applied), and/or managing media capture.

User interfaces for altering visual media

This disclosure pertains to techniques for dynamically adapting image capturing techniques, e.g., based on shutter activation frequency, to improve camera responsiveness. One such technique is a method, comprising: receiving a first capture request; in response to receiving the first capture request, using a first capturing technique to capture a first set of images based on an image capture sequence, the image capture sequence comprising one or more images; generating a first image based on the captured first set of images; receiving a second capture request within a first time window from the first capture request, wherein a duration of the first time window is based, at least in part, on a length of time needed to capture the one or more images of the image capture sequence using the first capturing technique; in response to the received second capture request, using a second capturing technique to capture a second set of images, wherein the second capturing technique is different from the first capturing technique; and generating a second image based on the captured second set of images.

Dynamic image processing based on frequency of camera shutter activation

Systems and methods for stitching videos are disclosed. Image-based registration between frames from a first video source and frames from a second video source is performed at a first rate. Calibration-based registration between frames from the first video source and frames from the second video source are performed at a second rate higher than the first rate. Then, for a first frame from the first video source for which calibration-based registration data and image-based registration data have been generated, a stitching transform that maps the first frame to a counterpart frame from the second video source based on image-based registration data is generated. A delta transform from the image-based registration data and the calibration-based registration data at the first frame is also derived. For a subsequent frame from the first video source for which calibration-based registration data have been generated, but no image-based registration data have been generated, a stitching transform that maps the subsequent frame to a counterpart frame from the second video source based on the calibration-based registration data and the delta transform is generated. Frames from the first video source and frames from the second video source are stitched according to their respective generated stitching transforms.

Seamless preview stitching for multiple cameras

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to control a camera from a wearable mechanism device, such as a watch, pendant or other device with its own limited display. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a wearable mechanism device for remotely controlling a camera with an intuitive user interface and sequencing of interface options. In one embodiment, the display on the wearable mechanism changes before a picture or video is taken with the electronic camera. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to partially control a camera from the wearable mechanism device, providing split control.

Changing display images of a camera timer remote control

Camera remote control

An apparatus and method are described for reading a file into a universal representation and translating from that universal representation into various file formats. For example, a method according to one embodiment comprises: reading compressed audio data from a first audio file, the first audio file comprising audio data compressed using a first compression algorithm and bookkeeping data having a first format, the bookkeeping data specifying a location of the compressed audio data within the first audio file; and generating a universal representation of the first audio file without decompressing and recompressing the audio data, the universal representation having bookkeeping data of a second format specifying the location of compressed audio data within the universal representation.

System and method for efficiently translating media files between formats using a universal representation

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Walker J Eagleston