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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ryan M. Sheridan, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one implementation, a camera includes an image sensor including a plurality of sensor elements at a respective plurality of first image sensor locations. The camera includes a controller to receive, from the image sensor, a plurality of sensor values indicative of a characteristic of light impinging on the plurality of sensor elements and generate, based on the plurality of sensor values, an image file including a plurality of pixels having a respective plurality of pixel values, wherein the plurality of pixels are associated with a respective plurality of pixel locations that represent a respective plurality of second image sensor locations. The plurality of second image sensor locations are within a circle and the image file does not include a pixel having a pixel location representing an image sensor location outside the circle and within a square in which the circle is inscribed.