IP Library Granted Patent US 8,194,144
Granted Patent B2
US 8,194,144 · App. 12/334,560 · Granted Jun 5, 2012

Image data processing method

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Patent No.
US 8,194,144
App. No.
12/334,560
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image data processing method to capture still images while capturing motion images is disclosed. The method includes stopping a motion image capturing according to a first instruction to generate a first motion image data with a first resolution, thereafter, carrying out live view at a predetermined time; outputting the image data in the predetermined time and generating a first temporal motion data with a second resolution; capturing a still image data according to a second instruction after the predetermined time; transforming the first temporal motion data and the still image data and generating a second motion image data by combining the transformed data with the first motion image data. The method and device according to the present invention can be used in a camera to capture still images while capturing motion images.

Claims (15)

1. An image data processing method to capture still images while capturing motion images, comprising:

(A) stopping capturing a motion image according to a first instruction to generate a first motion image data with a first resolution, thereafter, carrying out live view at a predetermined time;

(B) outputting the image data in the predetermined time and generating a first temporal motion data with a second resolution;

(C) capturing a still image data according to a second instruction after the predetermined time; and

(D) transforming the first temporal motion data and the still image data and generating a second motion image data by combining the transformed data with the first motion image data.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a frame rate of the first motion image data is n frames per second, wherein n is a positive integer.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the step (D) further comprising:

(E) transforming the still image data into a second temporal motion data with the first resolution, wherein the frame rate of the second temporal motion image data is n frames per second.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the step (D) further comprising:

(F) copying the still image data to generate the second temporal motion data having p frames of the still image data, wherein p/m=n, p is a positive integer, and m is a positive number.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the execution time of step (C) is m seconds, wherein m is a positive number.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

(G) executing a focus operation, a white balancing operation and an exposure operation to an object being photographed within the predetermined time.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first resolution is the same as the second resolution.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first resolution is different from the second resolution.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2012
From: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
To: ASIA OPTICAL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
Reel/Frame 028843/0534 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: TSAI, CHING-JUNG; WU, PO-CHING
To: ASIA OPTICAL CO., INC.
Reel/Frame 021975/0666 →