US 11,856,295 B2
Multi-camera video stabilization
Youyou Wang, Los Altos, CA (US); Fuhao Shi, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Chia-Kai Liang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,187.
Application 17/515,187 is a continuation of application No. 16/941,775, filed on Jul. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,190,689.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053133 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/683 (2023.01) [H04N 23/6811 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
capturing, using a first camera of a multi-camera video capture device with a first field of view, one or more frames of a scene in a first zoom range of a digital zoom range of the multi-camera video capture device;
altering the zoom level from the first zoom range to a second zoom range of the digital zoom range;
responsive to altering the zoom level to the second zoom range, capturing, using a second camera of the multi-camera video capture device with a second field of view, one or more additional frames of the scene in the second zoom range;
generating a stabilized video that maintains temporal continuity for the scene as captured by the first and second cameras, wherein the stabilized video comprises the one or more frames of the scene and the one or more additional frames of the scene; and
providing the stabilized video by the multi-camera video capture device.