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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Pranav Mishra, Bangalore, IN;

Krishna Annasagar Govindarao, Bangalore, IN;

Gururaj Gopal Putraya, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Pranav Mishra, Bangalore, IN;

Krishna Annasagar Govindarao, Bangalore, IN;

Gururaj Gopal Putraya, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image. A method may include determining a scene to be captured at a first resolution. The scene to be captured may be within a field of view of an image sensor. The method may further include causing capture by the image sensor of a plurality of sub-images at a second resolution. The second resolution may be less than the first resolution. Each of the plurality of sub-images may depict a portion of the scene to be captured. The method may additionally include using the plurality of sub-images to generate an output image depicting the scene to be captured at the first resolution. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.


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