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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Applicant:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bo Ding, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dmitry Ryuma, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/73 (2023.01); G03B 7/093 (2021.01); G03B 17/48 (2021.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/73 (2023.01); G03B 7/093 (2013.01); G03B 17/48 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01);
Abstract
Imaging methods and imagers for image capture devices. Still images are captured by gathering ambient light data using an ambient light sensor of the image capture device, selecting a frame rate for the imager corresponding to the gathered ambient light data, determining optimal image capture parameters for the imager by executing an auto exposure algorithm with a processor using the selected frame rate as an initialization parameter for the auto exposure algorithm, and capturing a still image with the imager after execution of the auto exposure algorithm using the selected frame rate.