IP Library Granted Patent US 8,179,466
Granted Patent B2
US 8,179,466 · App. 12/401,633 · Granted May 15, 2012

Capture of video with motion-speed determination and variable capture rate

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Patent No.
US 8,179,466
App. No.
12/401,633
Granted
May 15, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on the speed of motion in the scene, includes capturing a video of the scene; determining the relative speed of motion within a first region of the video of the scene with respect to the speed of motion within a second region of the video of the scene; and causing a capture rate of the first region of the video of the scene to be greater than a capture rate of the second region of the video of the scene, or causing an exposure time of the first region to be less than exposure time of the second region.

Claims (9)

1. A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on the speed of motion in the scene, comprising:

providing a sensor with red, green, blue and panchromatic-pixels;

capturing a video of the scene using the sensor;

determining the relative speed of motion within a first region of the video of the scene with respect to the speed of motion within a second region of the video based on a repeat pattern of the panchromatic pixels alone; and

causing a capture rate of the first region of the video of the scene to be greater than a capture rate of the second region of the video of the scene, or causing an exposure time of the first region to be less than exposure time of the second region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capture rate is increased when the relative speed of motion is above a predetermined relative speed.

3. The method of claim 2 , further including performing image enhancement on the first region to reduce noise when the relative speed of motion is above the predetermined relative speed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capture rate of the second region is reduced as the capture rate of the first region is increased.

5. The method of claim 1 , further including storing the first region and the second region with a capture rate indicator, an exposure time indicator, a motion map, or motion vectors.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2013
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
To: APPLE INC.
Reel/Frame 029939/0508 →
PATENT RELEASE Recorded Feb 1, 2013
From: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC.; FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD.; KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC.; KODAK AMERICAS, LTD.; KODAK PORTUGUESA LIMITED; KODAK REALTY, INC.; LASER-PACIFIC MEDIA CORPORATION; KODAK AVIATION LEASING LLC; KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD.; NPEC INC.; FPC INC.; KODAK IMAGING NETWORK, INC.; PAKON, INC.; QUALEX INC.; CREO MANUFACTURING AMERICA LLC
Reel/Frame 029913/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2012
From: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY; PAKON, INC.
To: CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 028201/0420 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2009
From: BORDER, JOHN N.; MILLER, MICHAEL E.; WHITE, CHRISTOPHER J.
To: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Reel/Frame 022374/0693 →