Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hand-triggered head-mounted photography
- Patent Title (中): 手触式头戴摄影
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Application No.: US13630537Application Date: 2012-09-28
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Publication No.: US09076033B1Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Jonathan Tilton Barron , Marc Stewart Levoy , Samuel William Hasinoff
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228 ; G06K9/00 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/033

Abstract:
Embodiments described herein may help a computing device, such as a head-mountable device (HMD), to capture and process images in response to a user placing their hands in, and then withdrawing their hands from, a frame formation. For example, an HMD may analyze image data from a point-of-view camera on the HMD, and detect when a wearer holds their hands in front of their face to frame a subject in the wearer's field of view. Further, the HMD may detect when the wearer withdraws their hands from such a frame formation and responsively capture an image. Further, the HMD may determine a selection area that is being framed, within the wearer's field of view, by the frame formation. The HMD may then process the captured image based on the frame formation, such as by cropping, white-balancing, and/or adjusting exposure.
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