Patent Application
20140247368
As the capabilities of electronic devices expand, as mobile devices increasingly include camera functions as well as a variety of other useful functions, and as dedicated camera devices increasingly include computing capabilities and other useful functions, there is a need for camera control systems that provide more powerful features, better user interactions and more user interaction options.
Technologies relating to “ready click” camera control are disclosed. Some example camera devices equipped according to this disclosure may comprise a camera, a microphone, a processor, a memory, and a camera control system stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The camera control system may be configured to provide any of a variety of voice-interactive features, such as a voice-activated shutter, a voice-activated timer, a voice-activated flash, a voice-activated focus setting, a voice-activated ISO setting, a voice-activated scene setting, and/or a variety of other features, including both voice-interactive as well as other, non voice-interactive features described herein.
Some example camera control system User Interfaces (UI) may comprise elements associated with the voice-interactive features described herein, and/or a variety of other elements described herein. For example, camera control system UI may comprise multiple camera activation controls, the multiple camera activation controls comprising a listening initiation control, a timer initiation control, and/or a camera activation control. In some embodiments, camera control system UI may comprise features such as user-customizable audible notifications, user activated rule of thirds grids with user-guided autofocus, user activated composition guides, user activated camera instructions, and/or any of a variety of other features described herein.
Methods and computer readable media having instructions implementing the various technologies described herein are also disclosed. Example computer readable media may comprise non-transitory computer readable storage media having computer executable instructions executable by a processor, the instructions that, when executed by the processor, implement the camera control system provided herein. Example methods may include interactions between cameras equipped with camera control systems provided herein and camera users, in which the cameras provide UI, receive user voice and/or other inputs such as touch inputs, and respond to the user inputs according the various techniques described herein.
The accompanying drawings depict several embodiments in accordance with this disclosure. The drawings are not to be considered as limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented here. It will be understood that aspects of the present disclosure may be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Various example embodiments are described in detail herein. The detailed embodiments are not to be considered as limiting. Other embodiments may be utilized, and changes may be made, without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matter presented here. It will be understood that aspects of the present disclosure may be arranged, substituted, combined, and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
As stated in the summary section, technologies relating to “ready click” camera control are disclosed. Some example camera devices equipped according to this disclosure may comprise a camera, a microphone, a processor, a memory, and a camera control system stored in the memory and executable by the processor. The camera control system may be configured to provide any of a variety of voice-interactive features, such as a voice-activated shutter, a voice-activated timer, a voice-activated flash, a voice-activated focus setting, a voice-activated ISO setting, a voice-activated scene setting, and/or a variety of other features, including both voice-interactive as well as other, non voice-interactive features described herein.
In some embodiments, the camera control system 175 may be configured to produce UI on the display 105 in accordance with
It will be appreciated that the device 100 may take the form of any computing device and is not limited to the form of a mobile device. For example, in some embodiments, device 100 may take the form of a dedicated camera type device rather than a mobile phone type device as illustrated in
The camera control system 175 may be described herein as comprising features presented in camera control system UI, such as those features illustrated
Also, camera control system 175 may be described herein as comprising features that are implemented within OS 171 and/or device 100, which features may be accessed or otherwise utilized by camera control system 175. It will be understood that functional modules in devices such as device 100 may generally be implemented as an integrated part of, or otherwise tightly integrated with specific systems such as camera control system 175, or may be implemented external to or loosely integrated with systems such as camera control system 175. When camera control system 175 is adapted to access and make use of functional modules “external” to, or not tightly integrated with camera control system 175, camera control system 175 may nonetheless be described herein as comprising such features. For example, camera control system 175 may be configured to access sound recognition system 173 and face recognition system 174, as well as optionally a main camera control system (not shown in
In some embodiments, API 172 may comprise a camera API adapted for application-based pre-image capture camera control. Camera control system 175 may comprise an application executable by device 100 and configured to access the camera API. For example, camera control system 175 may comprise a “lens” app compatible with an OS such as the WINDOWS® Phone 8 OS. Lens apps may integrate with camera control software which may be included in the OS, e.g., lens apps may integrate with a built-in main camera app. The lens app may provide unique camera functions which are combined with functions of the OS-based main camera app. The lens app may also access, for example, a sound recognition API, a face recognition API, a motion sensor API, and/or any other APIs as needed to implement the various features described herein.
In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may comprise a listening initiation control 231 as illustrated in
Any desired matching criteria may be used to define when received sound data can be matched to the predetermined camera activation sound pattern. For example, in some embodiments, unclear speech, speech with different volume levels and accents, and speech in the presence of background noise may nonetheless be interpreted as “close enough” to the predetermined camera activation sound pattern to activate camera 125. Criteria defining when received sound data matches the predetermined camera activation sound pattern may be set as appropriate for specific embodiments. In some embodiments, sound recognition system 173 may comprise a voice recognition engine designed to recognize human speech, optionally in a language according to a language setting for device 100. API 172 may provide an API by which camera control system 175 may request notification of received voice commands.
In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may be configured to receive, recognize, and respond to additional voice commands. For example, after user activation of the listening initiation control 231, camera control system 175 may respond to the predetermined camera activation sound pattern by activating the camera 125 as described above, and camera control system 175 may respond to any of a variety of other voice commands, such as a “set timer” command, a “set flash” command, a “set focus” command, a “set ISO” or “set speed” command, and/or a “set scene” command.
In some embodiments, camera devices such as device 100 may comprise speakers such as speaker 115 and speaker 140, and camera control systems such as 175 may be configured to output audible requests and notifications by one or more of the speakers. For example, camera control system 175 may output an audible notification by speaker 140, such as, “now listening”, when initiating listening in response to the user activation of the listening initiation control 231.
In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may output audible notifications by speaker 140 when responding to commands by affirming that a command is executed. For example, in response to a “set timer: 10 seconds” command, camera control system 175 may output an audible notification by speaker 140 such as “timer set”, and camera control system 175 may then proceed to output an audible countdown to camera activation. In response to a “set flash: on” command, a “set flash: off” command, or a “set flash: auto” command, camera control system 175 may output an audible notification by speaker 140 such as “flash on”, “flash off”, or “automatic flash”. Camera control system 175 may then optionally continue listening and may output a subsequent audible notification by speaker 140 such as, “now listening”. Camera control system 175 may output similarly appropriate audible notifications by speaker 140 in response to “set focus”, “set ISO/speed”, and/or a “set scene” commands, and may optionally return to listening thereafter.
In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may be configured to display multiple camera activation controls, the multiple camera activation controls comprising, for example, the listening initiation control 231, timer initiation control 232, and camera activation control 233. Camera control system 175 may present the multiple controls simultaneously as illustrated in
Camera control system 175 may be configured to output an audible countdown by a speaker 140 in response to a user initiation of the timer initiation control 232, and to automatically activate the camera 125 after the audible countdown. For example, camera control system 175 may output an audible countdown from 10 to 1, and may then automatically activate the camera 125. In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may optionally also output an audible notification, such as “say cheese” or “activating camera” prior to activating camera 125.
Camera activation control 233 may also be referred to herein as a shutter control. In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may be configured to immediately activate the camera 125 in response to user selection of the camera activation control 233. In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may be configured to provide controls for user selection of settings adapting response of the camera control system 175 to selection of the camera activation control 233. Camera activation control 233 may therefore comprise a user-configurable camera activation control, which allows a camera 125 to be activated in a manner specified by the user of the camera device 100, as described in further detail herein.
Camera control system 175 may be configured to provide one or more settings menus for user control of camera device 100 and/or camera control system 175 settings in response to user selection of settings menu control 245. Example settings menus are provided in
Flash control 241 may be adapted to change a flash setting applied by camera control system 175. For example, a flash setting may be changed between flash on, auto, and off settings. Camera control system 175 may apply a next flash setting in response to each successive user selection of flash control 241. Camera selection control 242 may be adapted to change a camera selection setting applied by camera control system 175. For example, a camera selection setting may be changed between front camera 110 and back camera 125 settings. Camera control system 175 may apply a next camera selection setting in response to each successive user selection of camera selection control 242.
Multiple photographs control 243 may also be referred to herein as multi-photo control 243. Multi-photo control 243 may be configured to change a photograph number setting applied by camera control system 175. For example, a photograph number setting may be changed between one and two photographs. Camera control system 175 may be configured to automatically take the number of photographs specified via the multi-photo control 243 in response to user activation of any of controls 231, 232, and/or 233. Camera control system 175 may apply a next photograph number setting in response to each successive user selection of multi-photo control 243. For example, camera control system 175 may toggle between 1 and 2 photographs in response to successive user selection of multi-photo control 243, or camera control system 175 may go from 1 to 2, 3, 4 . . . up to any number of photographs, and then return to 1.
Overlay control 244 may be adapted to change an overlay setting applied by camera control system 175. For example, an overlay setting may be changed between no overlay, a rule of thirds grid overlay, a rule of thirds grid with portrait left overlay, and a rule of thirds grid with portrait right overlay. Camera control system 175 may apply a next overlay setting in response to each successive user selection of overlay control 244. Aspects of the rule of thirds grid overlay, rule of thirds grid with portrait left overlay, and rule of thirds grid with portrait right overlay are discussed further herein with reference to
UI 300 comprises a settings menu including two menu categories. A first menu category provides controls for selecting actions by camera control system 175 when a shutter control 233 is pressed. The example controls include a selectable “start listening” control 301, a selectable “take the picture” control 302, a selectable “start 3 sec ready countdown” control 303, and a selectable “start the timer” control 304. In some embodiments, the controls 301-304 may be mutually exclusive, so that only one of controls 301-304 may be selected at a time. Selecting a control may automatically operate to de-select any previously selected control.
When the “start listening” control 301 is selected, the camera control system 175 may configure its shutter control 233 similarly or identically to listening initiation control 231. In other words, camera control system 175 may adapt its response to user selection of shutter control 233, so that camera control system 175 begins “listening” for a sound pattern in response user selections of shutter control 233, and camera control system 175 activates camera 125 to take a picture/initiate a video in response to the sound pattern.
When the “take the picture” control 302 is selected, the camera control system 175 may modify its response to user selection of shutter control 233, so that camera control system 175 immediately takes a picture/initiates video recording in response to user selection of shutter control 233. In some embodiments, immediately activating the camera 125 to take a picture/initiate video recording may be subject to stabilization delay as discussed in connection with control 507 and/or an audible notification as discussed in connection with control 501. Activating camera 125 after stabilization and/or an audible notification, without any countdown or waiting for a voice or other sound command, is understood herein to qualify as immediately activating the camera 125
When the “start 3 sec ready countdown” control 303 is selected, the camera control system 175 may modify its response to user selection of shutter control 233, so that camera control system 175 starts a countdown (such as a three second countdown or any other countdown duration) and then takes a picture/initiates video recording in response to user selection of shutter control 233. The countdown may be audible and the camera activation may be preceded by a preamble phrase as described herein. In some embodiments, the countdown activated by control 303 may comprise a fixed, minimal countdown of, e.g., 5 seconds or less, which is not user-configurable, unlike countdowns associated with control 232.
When the “start the timer” control 304 is selected, the camera control system 175 may configure its shutter control 233 similarly or identically to timer initiation control 232. In other words, camera control system 175 may adapt its response to user selection of shutter control 233, so that, in response to user selection of shutter control 233, camera control system 175 starts a timer and then takes a picture/initiates video recording after the time period specified for the timer elapses. For example, the time period may be 10, 15, or 20 seconds, or any other time period. The timer may also provide for an audible countdown and/or a preamble phrase as described herein. The time period initiated in connection with the timer may also be user configurable as described herein, e.g., in connection with controls 411-414.
A second menu category in
When the “listen again one more time” control 311 is selected, the camera control system 175 may modify its response to receiving, after user selection of the listening initiation control 231, a sound pattern other than the predetermined camera activation sound pattern, so that camera control system 175 outputs an audible request by the speaker 140 for a subsequent audible input in response to receiving a sound pattern other than the predetermined camera activation sound pattern. For example, camera control system 175 may output an audible request such as, “I didn't understand that”. Meanwhile, camera control system 175 may continue to analyze incoming sound data for the predetermined camera activation sound pattern. Camera control system 175 may proceed to activate the camera when the predetermined camera activation sound pattern is recognized. In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may also proceed to activate the camera in response to any subsequent sound pattern (subsequent to receiving a first sound pattern other than the predetermined camera activation sound pattern), regardless of whether such subsequent sound pattern comprises the predetermined camera activation sound pattern.
When the “take the picture” control 312 is selected, the camera control system 175 may modify its response to receiving, after user selection of the listening initiation control 231 a sound pattern other than the predetermined camera activation sound pattern, so that camera control system 175 proceeds to activate the camera 125 in response to the received sound pattern other than the predetermined camera activation sound pattern. In other words, when control 312 is selected, the camera control system 175 may dispense with attempting to recognize detailed features of incoming sound patterns, and may instead activate the camera 125 in response any received sound pattern, whether or not the camera activation sound pattern is recognized. Of course, in some embodiments, parameters for amplitude and/or other parameters may be set to appropriately filter out background noise, non-voice sound inputs, or any other sound inputs which may be usefully excluded.
When the “start 3 sec ready countdown” control 313 is selected, the camera control system 175 may modify its response to receiving, after user selection of the listening initiation control 231 a sound pattern other than the predetermined camera activation sound pattern, so that camera control system 175 allows any sound pattern to activate the camera 125 as discussed above in connection with control 312, and camera control system 175 also starts a countdown and then activates the camera 125 as discussed above in connection with control 304. It will be appreciated that controls may be provided which combine settings applied by any of the controls discussed herein.
UI 400 comprises a settings menu including two menu categories. A first menu category provides controls 401 and 402 for selecting photograph number settings. The example controls 401 and 402 include a “take 1 photo” control 401 and a “take 2 photos” control 402. In some embodiments, controls for any number of additional photograph number settings, such as “take 3 photos”, “take 4 photos” etc. may be provided. In some embodiments, the controls 401-402 may be mutually exclusive, so that only one of controls 401-402 may be selected at a time. Selecting a control may automatically operate to de-select any previously selected control.
As described in connection with the multi-photo control 243, camera control system 175 may be configured to automatically take the number of photographs specified via the controls 401 or 402 in response to user activation of any of controls 231, 232, and/or 233. In some embodiments, the controls 401 and 402 may affect camera control system 175 operations in connection with a subset of controls 231, 232, and/or 233, such as by affecting operations of only shutter control 233. In some embodiments, the controls 401 and 402 may affect camera control system 175 operations in connection with all of controls 231, 232, and 233.
A second menu category in
UI 500 comprises a settings menu including a user-selectable “say pre-amble before shutter release” control 501, a field 502 adapted to receive a custom, user-specified preamble and/or display any pre-amble that is currently in use, a user-selectable “retrieve pre-amble from pre-amble service” control 503, a user-selectable “audible click on shutter release” control 504, a user-selectable “show place me here text” control 505, a user-selectable “display status messages” control 506, and a user-selectable “wait until camera is stable to take picture” control 507. In some embodiments, the controls 501 and 503-507 may be individually selectable and de-selectable, so that any combination of controls 501 and 503-507 may be simultaneously selected, and if desired, all of controls 501 and 503-507 may be simultaneously de-selected. Selecting a control 501 or 503-507 need not affect selections of other controls.
When the “say pre-amble before shutter release” control 501 is selected, the camera control system 175 may output an audible notification by the speaker 140 and/or 115 prior to activating the camera 125. The audible notification prior to activating the camera 125 may be referred to herein as a pre-amble. The pre-amble may comprise any sound, for example, the spoken words, “Say cheese”. The pre-amble may be output in connection with any or all of the camera activation controls 231, 232, and/or 233. For example, in some embodiments, the pre-amble may be output in connection with timer initiation control 232 and listening initiation control 231, while the pre-amble may optionally be omitted when the camera is activated from shutter control 233.
The audible notification (pre-amble) prior to activating the camera 125 may be user-customizable, so that the user may choose custom notifications. For example, the user may enter text in a field 502 adapted to receive a user-specified preamble, and camera control system 175 may cause device 100 to speak the text in field 502, according to the language settings for device 100, as a custom pre-amble. Some embodiments may allow users to browse to an audio file of their choosing for use as a pre-amble, or to record a custom pre-amble, instead of or in addition to allowing the user to provide text into field 502.
When the “retrieve pre-amble from pre-amble service” control 503 is selected, camera control system 175 may retrieve audible notifications (pre-ambles) from a network audible notifications service. For example, camera control system 175 may automatically retrieve surprising, humorous, or other audible notifications from a network service. New pre-ambles may be retrieved at any interval, e.g., hourly, daily, monthly, etc. Any current pre-amble to e used by camera control system 175 may be displayed in field 502. “Next” and “Back” buttons (not shown in
When the “audible click on shutter release” control 504 is selected, camera control system 175 may output an audible click when the camera is activated, e.g., to mimic the sound of mechanical camera action.
When the “show place me here text” control 505 is selected, camera control system 175 may display a composition instruction 705 in a camera UI 200, e.g., as shown in
When the “display status messages” control 506 is selected, camera control system 175 may display status messages such as status message 702 in a camera UI 200, e.g., as shown in
The “wait until camera is stable to take picture” control 507 may also be referred to herein as a stability activation control. When the stability activation control 507 is selected, the camera control system 175 may wait for stable conditions prior to activating camera 125 in response to user selection of a camera activation control 231, 232, or 235. In other words, if the device 100 is in motion when a camera activation control 231, 232, or 235 is selected and stability activation control 507 is selected, camera control system 175 may wait until the device 100 is no longer in motion (stable), and may then automatically activate camera 125. In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may be configured to detect camera motion with the motion sensor 164, e.g., by accessing a motion sensor API included in API 172. When the stability activation control 507 is selected, the camera control system 175 may delay camera activation when the camera 125 (or device 100 as a whole) is in motion; and may automatically activate the camera 125 when the camera 125 is stable. Any desired thresholds may be set to define camera motion and camera stability. For example, in some embodiments, some amount of motion may qualify as nonetheless “stable” for the purpose of proceeding to activate camera 125, and the allowed amount of camera motion may be set as appropriate for specific embodiments.
UI 600 comprises a variety of example controls for selecting overlay settings, including a “none” control 601, a “rule of thirds grid” control 602, a “rule of thirds grid with portrait left” control 603, and a “rule of thirds grid with portrait right” control 604. In some embodiments, the controls 601-604 may be mutually exclusive, so that only one of controls 601-604 may be selected at a time. Selecting a control may automatically operate to de-select any previously selected control.
When the “none” control 601 is selected, camera control system 175 may display no overlays in camera UI 200, e.g., as shown in
The various overlays illustrated in
In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may be configured to activate and de-activate auto-focus features along with rule of thirds grid 701 and composition guide 703 overlays, i.e., in response to user selections of controls 602, 603, and 604. For example, in some embodiments the camera control system 175 may be configured to respond to user selection of control 602 by displaying a rule of thirds grid 701 in conjunction with providing user-guided autofocus, where the user-guided autofocus may be guided, e.g., using the touch display 105. The UI 200 as illustrated in
UI 800 comprises an example face recognition activation/deactivation control, referred to as an “auto-focus on face if detected” control 801. UI 800 further comprises example controls for selecting face recognition zones, including a selectable “full view” control 811, a selectable “middle zone” control 812, a selectable “left half” control 813, and a selectable “right half” control 814. In some embodiments, the controls 811-814 may be mutually exclusive, so that only one of controls 811-814 may be selected at a time. Selecting a control may automatically operate to de-select any previously selected control.
When the “auto-focus on face if detected” control 801 is selected, camera control system 175 may employ face recognition system 174 to detect, prior to camera activation, an image of a face in a camera display area 220. For example, camera control system 175 may detect an image of a human face in display area 220. In some embodiments, camera control system 175 may use a face recognition system API in API 172 to activate face recognition system 174 to analyze image data from display area 220. Image data from display area 220 may comprise, e.g., image data from a portion of memory 163, or a dedicated graphics memory, which may be used for display area 220.
In some embodiments, detecting images of faces prior to camera activation may comprise analyzing all, or substantially all, image data from display area 220, including image data from display area 220 when a camera activation control 231, 232, or 233 has not been selected. In some embodiments, detecting images of faces prior to camera activation may comprise analyzing image data from display area 220 after a camera activation control 231, 232, or 233 is selected and before the camera 125 is activated to record a photograph or start a video.
Face recognition system 174 may use any face recognition criteria. In some embodiments, applied face recognition criteria may be sufficiently generalized to recognize substantially any human face, while not recognizing animal faces or other image elements that may comprise face-like features. In some embodiments, applied face recognition criteria may be generalized to recognize substantially any human face as well as non-human faces such as bird faces, dog faces, cat faces, etc., which faces may be recognized using face recognition criteria including the presence of a head structure with two eyes, a mouth, and/or other features therein. In some embodiments, applied face recognition criteria may specify an individual face, e.g., a face of the camera user, which may be recognized by face recognition criteria derived from a previous photograph of the individual which may be specified by a user for use by camera control system 175. In some embodiments, when a face is recognized, face recognition system 174 may provide face location coordinates of a face location within display area 220 to camera control system 175. Camera control system 175 may use face location coordinates to adjust camera 125 focus prior to camera activation as described herein.
When the “auto-focus on face if detected” control 801 is selected, camera control system 175 may automatically focus the camera 125 on detected images of faces in display area 220. Automatically focusing the camera 125 may be done prior to prior to camera activation as described above in connection with face recognition. When the “auto-focus on face if detected” control 801 is selected, however no face is detected in display area 220, camera control system 175 may default to a normal auto-focus setting, or other focus setting that would be applied by camera control system 175 had control 801 not been selected.
Some embodiments may comprise face detection zone selection controls such as 811, 812, 813, and 814. Face detection zone selection controls 811, 812, 813, and 814 may each be configured to receive a user selected zone in which to detect faces by the face recognition system 174. Camera control system 175 may be configured to detect face images in a user selected zone of the camera display area 220. For example, when the “full view” control 811 is selected, camera control system 175 may detect face images anywhere in display area 220. When multiple faces are detected, decision criteria may be applied to determine which face to focus on—e.g. the largest face may be focused, or an average focus setting may be applied to attempt to bring multiple faces in focus. When the “middle zone” control 812 is selected, camera control system 175 may detect face images in a middle zone of display area 220, e.g., in the middle square of the rule of thirds grid 701 in
This disclosure provides numerous features for a camera control system 175 and camera control system UI, recognizing that in some embodiments, some features may be omitted, the disclosed features may be combined in a variety of different ways, and the disclosed features may also be combined with further features not described herein. Some example camera control system UI may comprise multiple camera activation controls as shown in UI 200, the multiple camera activation controls comprising a listening initiation control 231, a timer initiation control 232, and a camera activation control. The listening initiation control 231 may be configured to initiate listening, by camera control system 175, to sound data received via a microphone 150 in response to a user activation of the listening initiation control 231, wherein the camera control system 175 may be configured to recognize a predetermined camera activation sound pattern in the received sound data and to activate a camera 125 to take a photograph or begin recording a video in response to the predetermined camera activation sound pattern. The timer initiation control 232 may be configured to initiate a countdown and to automatically activate the camera 125 after the countdown. The camera activation control 233 may be configured to allow, inter alia, immediately activating the camera 125.
In some embodiments, the camera activation control 233 may be configured to allow immediately activating the camera 125 in response to a user selection of, e.g., control 302, and the camera activation control 233 may be configurable by one or more different user selections 301, 303, and/or 304 to allow one or more of initiating listening or initiating a countdown to activating the camera 125.
Some example camera control system UI may comprise, in combination with or independent of the multiple camera activation controls, other UI features disclosed herein, such as a field 502 configured for user entry of a user-customizable audible notification, and wherein the camera control system 175 may be configured to output the audible notification by a speaker 140 prior to activating the camera 125.
Example UI may comprise a user activated rule of thirds grid 701 with user-guided autofocus on a touch display 105, wherein the rule of thirds grid 701 with user-guided autofocus may be configured to receive a touch input at a position on the touch display 105, and to focus the camera 125 at the position in response to the touch input. Example UI may comprise a user activated composition guide 703 on the display 105, wherein the composition guide 703 may be configured to trace a shape of a compositional element comprising a human torso on the display 105.
Example UI may comprise a user activated indication 704 of a camera activation control location, which may be accompanied by a written instruction to activate the camera 125 at the camera activation control location.
Example UI may comprise a user activated stability activation control 507 configured to adapt the camera control system 175 to detect camera 125 motion with a motion sensor 164, delay camera 125 activation when the camera 125 is in motion, and automatically activate the camera 125 when the camera is stable.
Example UI may comprise a user activated face recognition setting 801 that configures the camera control system 175 to detect, prior to camera 125 activation, an image of a face in a camera display area 220, and to automatically focus the camera 125 on a face when detected. In some embodiments, face detection zone controls 811-814 may be configured to receive a user selected zone in which to detect face images, and the camera control system 175 may be configured to detect the face images in a user selected zone of the camera display area 220. These and other features may be combined in a variety of ways in camera control system UI disclosed herein.
It will be understood by those of skill in the art that the functions and operations disclosed in the various diagrams and examples provided herein may be implemented by a range of method operations, hardware, software, firmware, and combinations thereof. Portions of the subject matter described herein may be implemented via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors (DSPs), or other integrated formats. Portions of the subject matter described herein may also be implemented via integrated circuits and/or as one or more computer programs running on one or more computers. Designing the circuitry and/or writing the code for the software and or firmware is within the skill of one skilled in the art in light of this disclosure.
While certain example techniques have been described and shown herein using various methods, devices and systems, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various other modifications may be made, and equivalents may be substituted, without departing from claimed subject matter. Additionally, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation to the teachings of claimed subject matter without departing from the central concept described herein. Therefore, it is intended that claimed subject matter not be limited to the particular examples disclosed, but that such claimed subject matter also may include all implementations falling within the scope of the appended claims, and equivalents thereof.
