IP Library Granted Patent US 12666136
Granted Patent B1
US 12666136 · App. 18/824,791 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Image capture device with dynamic settings

Inventors: Stephen Yui (Oakland, CA); Grant Adam McCauley (San Mateo, CA); Nicholas Woodman (Big Sky, MT)
Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
H04N23/632H04N23/62
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12666136
App. No.
18/824,791
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

An image capture device may include an electronic display. A graphical user interface may be presented on the electronic display. The graphical user interface may provide a dynamic view of the settings of the image capture device. Settings shown within the graphical user interface may dynamically change to show the available settings of the image capture device.

Claims (47)

1 . An image capture device for presenting dynamic settings, the image capture device comprising:

a housing;

an optical element carried by the housing and configured to guide light within a field of view to an image sensor;

the image sensor carried by the housing and configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content;

an electronic display carried by the housing and configured to visually present information; and

one or more physical processors carried by the housing and configured by machine-readable instructions to:

present a graphical user interface on the electronic display, the graphical user interface providing a view of settings of the image capture device, the view of the settings of the image capture device including a dynamic arrangement of interface elements for the settings of the image capture device, the dynamic arrangement of interface elements dynamically changing to show available settings of the image capture device, wherein the dynamic arrangement of interface elements includes a first arrangement of interface elements for a first set of settings of the image capture device, the first arrangement of interface elements including a first setting element for a first setting of the image capture device;

receive user input to select the first setting of the image capture device based on user interaction with the first setting element, wherein the selection of the first setting of the image capture device changes the available settings of the image capture device; and

responsive to the user input to select the first setting of the image capture device that changes the available settings of the image capture device, change the dynamic arrangement of interface elements from including the first arrangement of interface elements for the first set of settings of the image capture device to including a second arrangement of interface elements for a second set of settings of the image capture device, the second arrangement of interface elements different from the first arrangement of interface elements;

wherein:

visual profile setting or aspect ratio setting of the image capture device causes interface elements for other settings of the image capture device to appear or disappear from the dynamic arrangement of interface elements; and

resolution setting, frame rate setting, lens setting, or stabilization setting of the image capture device causes change in a visual characteristic of interface elements for other settings of the image capture device, and

wherein:

the first arrangement of interface elements further includes a second setting element for a second setting of the image capture device;

the change in the available settings for the image capture device includes the second setting of the image capture device becoming unavailable;

responsive to the second setting of the image capture device becoming unavailable based on the user input to select the visual profile setting or the aspect ratio setting of the image capture device, the second setting element is not included in the second arrangement of interface element; and

responsive to the second setting of the image capture device becoming unavailable based on the user input to select the resolution setting, the frame rate setting, the lens setting, or the stabilization setting of the image capture device, a visual characteristic of the second setting element is changed in the second arrangement of interface element.

2 . The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the change in the available settings for the image capture device includes a third setting of the image capture device becoming available.

3 . The image capture device of claim 2 , wherein:

the first arrangement of interface elements does not include a third setting element for the third setting of the image capture device; and

the second arrangement of interface elements includes the third setting element responsive to the third setting of the image capture device becoming available.

4 . The image capture device of claim 2 , wherein:

the first arrangement of interface elements includes a third setting element for the third setting of the image capture device, a visual characteristic of the third setting element indicating that the third setting of the image capture device is unavailable; and

the second arrangement of interface elements includes a change in a visual characteristic of the third setting element responsive to the third setting of the image capture device becoming available, the changed visual characteristic of the second setting element indicating that the third setting of the image capture device is available.

5 . The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein a given setting of the image capture device that causes interface elements for other settings of the image capture device to appear or disappear from the dynamic arrangement of interface elements includes visual profile setting or aspect ratio setting.

6 . The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein a given setting of the image capture device that causes interface elements for other settings of the image capture device to change in a visual characteristic includes resolution setting, frame rate setting, lens setting, or stabilization setting.

7 . A method for presenting dynamic settings, the method performed by an image capture device, the image capture device including one or more processors, an image sensor, an optical element, and an electronic display, the image sensor configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content, the optical element configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor, the electronic display configured to visually present information, the method comprising:

presenting a graphical user interface on the electronic display, the graphical user interface providing a view of settings of the image capture device, the view of the settings of the image capture device including a dynamic arrangement of interface elements for the settings of the image capture device, the dynamic arrangement of interface elements dynamically changing to show available settings of the image capture device, wherein the dynamic arrangement of interface elements includes a first arrangement of interface elements for a first set of settings of the image capture device, the first arrangement of interface elements including a first setting element for a first setting of the image capture device;

receiving user input to select the first setting of the image capture device based on user interaction with the first setting element, wherein the selection of the first setting of the image capture device changes the available settings of the image capture device; and

responsive to the user input to select the first setting of the image capture device that changes the available settings of the image capture device, changing the dynamic arrangement of interface elements from including the first arrangement of interface elements for the first set of settings of the image capture device to including a second arrangement of interface elements for a second set of settings of the image capture device, the second arrangement of interface elements different from the first arrangement of interface elements,

wherein:

visual profile setting or aspect ratio setting of the image capture device causes interface elements for other settings of the image capture device to appear or disappear from the dynamic arrangement of interface elements; and

resolution setting, frame rate setting, lens setting, or stabilization setting of the image capture device causes change in a visual characteristic of interface elements for other settings of the image capture device, and

wherein:

the first arrangement of interface elements further includes a second setting element for a second setting of the image capture device;

the change in the available settings for the image capture device includes the second setting of the image capture device becoming unavailable;

responsive to the second setting of the image capture device becoming unavailable based on the user input to select the visual profile setting or the aspect ratio setting of the image capture device, the second setting element is not included in the second arrangement of interface element; and

responsive to the second setting of the image capture device becoming unavailable based on the user input to select the resolution setting, the frame rate setting, the lens setting, or the stabilization setting of the image capture device, a visual characteristic of the second setting element is changed in the second arrangement of interface element.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the change in the available settings for the image capture device includes a third setting of the image capture device becoming available.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the first arrangement of interface elements does not include a third setting element for the third setting of the image capture device; and

the second arrangement of interface elements includes the third setting element responsive to the third setting of the image capture device becoming available.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the first arrangement of interface elements includes a third setting element for the third setting of the image capture device, a visual characteristic of the third setting element indicating that the third setting of the image capture device is unavailable; and

the second arrangement of interface elements includes a change in a visual characteristic of the third setting element responsive to the third setting of the image capture device becoming available, the changed visual characteristic of the third setting element indicating that the second setting of the image capture device is available.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a given setting of the image capture device that causes interface elements for other settings of the image capture device to appear or disappear from the dynamic arrangement of interface elements includes visual profile setting or aspect ratio setting.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein a given setting of the image capture device that causes interface elements for other settings of the image capture device to change in a visual characteristic includes resolution setting, frame rate setting, lens setting, or stabilization setting.