US 12,206,986 B2
Automated camera mode selection
Thomas Nicolas Emmanuel Veit, Meudon (FR); Sylvain Leroy, Bures-sur-yvette (FR); Heng Zhang, San Mateo, CA (US); and Ingrid Cotoros, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by GoPro, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,996.
Application 18/369,996 is a continuation of application No. 17/872,529, filed on Jul. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,785,339.
Application 17/872,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/277,430, granted, now 11,399,136, issued on Jul. 26, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2019/035686, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,308, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015397 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/667 (2023.01) [H04N 23/681 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for automated camera mode selection, the method comprising:
determining dynamic range conditions in a scene based on intensity;
detecting motion presence within the scene;
automatically selecting a camera mode based on a combination of the determined dynamic range conditions and the detected motion associated with the scene;
buffering the selected camera mode;
determining a smoothed camera mode based on buffered unsmoothed selected camera modes to mitigate camera mode oscillations; and
detecting an image using the smoothed camera mode.