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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Rakesh Sethi, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3452 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 2209/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optimization of image acquisition relative resource usage, particularly power, is accomplished by use of a beehive algorithm, inspired by observation of the way that bees communicate foraging information by a dance. Analysis of relative gain associated with captured pixels facilitates isolation of one or more areas of particular interest for focusing one or more subsequent image capture operations. Selective enablement of picture acquisition elements targeting each isolated area facilitates obtaining images containing needed or useful information while minimizing resource use.