US 11,910,093 B2
Digital image capture device having a panorama mode
Igor Barcovschi, Galway (IE); George Susanu, Galway (IE); and Serghei Carateev, Galway (IE)
Assigned to Adeia Imaging LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Imaging LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,365.
Application 17/356,365 is a continuation of application No. 16/176,538, filed on Oct. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,070,723.
Application 16/176,538 is a continuation of application No. 15/672,743, filed on Aug. 9, 2017, granted, now 10,122,919, issued on Nov. 6, 2018.
Application 15/672,743 is a continuation of application No. 14/646,368, granted, now 9,736,370, issued on Aug. 15, 2017, previously published as PCT/EP2013/074423, filed on Nov. 21, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/748,070, filed on Dec. 31, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. S2012/0509 (IE), filed on Nov. 27, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409598 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 23/698 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/698 (2023.01) [H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/631 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capture device comprising:
an image capture component; and
a processor which executes one or more code instructions configured to:
generate a preview image by the image capture component in response to a first input;
display the preview image on a screen;
receive instructions associated with at least one of focusing and exposure based on the preview image;
temporarily store the preview image; and
capture, based on the preview image stored, overlapping main images in response to a second input, wherein the preview image has a lower pixel resolution than the main images.