US 11,785,339 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 Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,529.
Application 17/872,529 is a continuation of application No. 17/277,430, granted, now 11,399,136, 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 2022/0360711 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
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. An image capture device for automated camera mode selection, the image capture device comprising:
a high dynamic range (HDR) estimation unit configured to detect whether HDR is present in a scene;
a motion estimation unit configured to detect motion within the scene based on one or more motion inputs;
a light intensity estimation unit configured to determine whether a scene luminance for the scene meets a threshold based on one or more light intensity inputs;
a parameter tuning unit configured to output a three-dimensional region in a three-dimensional decision cube based on outputs of the HDR estimation unit, the motion estimation unit, and the light intensity estimation unit;
a mode selection unit configured to select a camera mode based on an output of the parameter tuning unit; and
an image sensor configured to detect an image of the scene according to the selected camera mode.