US 11,722,779 B2
Viewfinder ring flash
Newar Husam Al Majid, New York, NY (US); Christine Barron, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ryan Chan, Los Angeles, CA (US); Bertrand Saint-Preux, Hollywood, FL (US); and Shoshana Sternstein, Great Neck, NY (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/354,817.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408006 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 23/74 (2023.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
causing presentation of a camera view user interface (UI) on a display device, the camera view UI comprising an output of a digital image sensor of a camera and a shutter user selectable element actionable to capture the output of the digital image sensor of the camera, the camera view UI being generated by a messaging system that provides a messaging client executing at a client device;
detecting a low light indication based on intensity of incident light detected by the digital image sensor of the camera; and
subsequent to the detecting of the low light indication, including an overlay having a viewfinder ring flash in the camera view UI, the overlay being overlaid over the camera view UI, being transparent over a portion of the camera view UI and being opaque along a perimeter of the camera view UI, the viewfinder ring flash having a color of a predetermined lightness;
the method further comprising:
detecting activation of the shutter user selectable element;
in response to detecting the activation of the shutter user selectable element, causing capture of an image while the camera view UI includes the overlay; and
communicating the image to another client device.