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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Noah J. Stupak, Boston, MA (US);

Keith S. Kam, Narberth, PA (US);

Timothy J. White, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23254 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); H04N 5/23248 (2013.01); H04N 5/2328 (2013.01); G03B 2217/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image stabilized digital image capture device, comprising an image sensor for capturing a digital image; an optical system for imaging a scene onto the image sensor; an image stabilization system; an exposure control system; a memory system; and a processor. The processor is used to perform the steps of determining exposure settings using the exposure control system; selectively engaging the image stabilization system responsive to whether the determined exposure settings satisfy a predefined condition; capturing a digital image of a scene using the image sensor and the selectively engaged image stabilization system; and storing the captured digital image in the memory system.


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