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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wan Shun Vincent Ma, San Diego, CA (US);
Hung-Hsin Wu, San Diego, CA (US);
Karthikeyan Shanmugavadivelu, San Diego, CA (US);
Adarsh Abhay Golikeri, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods and devices that employ a dual shutter button feature associated with an image capture device to recommend a capture mode to a user based on one or more parameters analyzed by the image capture system. As described, providing a primary shutter button and a secondary shutter button enables the user to capture in both a standard capture mode by using the primary shutter button and in an alternate mode by using a secondary shutter button.