US 12,143,728 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, Inglewood, CA (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 Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,651.
Application 18/123,651 is a continuation of application No. 17/354,817, filed on Jun. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,722,779.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232115 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/74 (2023.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01)
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;
detecting a low light indication based on intensity of incident light detected by the digital image sensor of the camera;
responsive to the detecting of the low light indication, presenting a viewfinder flash as an overlay in the camera view UI, the viewfinder flash being transparent over a first portion of the camera view UI and being opaque over a second portion of the camera view UI, the viewfinder flash having a color of a predetermined lightness;
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
storing the image in a memory.