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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shankar Sadasivam, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashwin Swaminathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Mahesh Ramachandran, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward providing intelligent sampling strategies that make efficient use of an always-on camera. To do so, embodiments can utilize sensor information to determine contextual information regarding the mobile device and/or a user of the mobile device. A sampling rate of the always-on camera can then be modulated based on the contextual information.