The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Htc Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;

Inventors:

Ting-Chia Kuo, Taoyuan, TW;

Hui-Ping Chen, Taoyuan, TW;

Nicole Pauline Sangco, Seattle, WA (US);

Sung-Hao Lin, Taoyuan, TW;

Assignee:

HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23219 (2013.01); G06K 9/0061 (2013.01); G06K 9/00261 (2013.01); G06K 9/00302 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device and an image capture method thereof are disclosed herein. The image capture method is suitable for an electronic apparatus including an image capture unit. The image capture method includes steps of: providing a first preview image by the image capture unit; detecting a first facial expression from the first preview image; providing a second preview image by the image capture unit after the first preview image; detecting the second facial expression from the second preview image; determining whether the second facial expression is matched to the first facial expression; and, automatically generating a second target image in response to the second facial expression is not matched to the first facial expression.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…