IP Library Granted Patent US 10,764,511
Granted Patent B1
US 10,764,511 · App. 16/366,681 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Image version selection based on device orientation

Inventors: Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC); Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); John Carl Mese (Cary, NC); Arnold S. Weksler (Raleigh, NC); Mark Patrick Delaney (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
H04N5/2628H04N5/2258H04N5/23293
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Patent No.
US 10,764,511
App. No.
16/366,681
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: capturing, using a first camera of an information handling device, a first image of an area, wherein the first image is associated with a first capture orientation; capturing, using a second camera of the information handling device, a second image of the area, wherein the second image is associated with a second capture orientation; determining, using a processor, whether the first capture orientation or the second capture orientation corresponds to a viewing orientation of the information handling device; and displaying, responsive to the determining, one of the first image or the second image. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (39)

1. A method, comprising:

capturing, using a first camera of an information handling device, a first image of an area, wherein the first image is associated with a first capture orientation;

capturing, using a second camera of the information handling device, a second image of the area, wherein the second image is associated with a second capture orientation;

determining, using a processor, whether the first capture orientation or the second capture orientation corresponds to a viewing orientation of the information handling device; and

displaying, responsive to the determining, one of the first image or the second image;

wherein the first camera and the second camera are enabled to capture the first image and the second image irrespective of an orientation of the information handling device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second camera is oriented perpendicular to the first camera.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image and the second image are captured at substantially the same time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first capture orientation is associated with a horizontal image of the area and wherein the second capture orientation is associated with a vertical image of the area.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining comprises identifying whether the viewing orientation is associated with a landscape view or a portrait view.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying, responsive to identifying that the viewing orientation is associated with the landscape view, the first image.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying, responsive to identifying that the viewing orientation is associated with the portrait view, the second image.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, during the capturing of the first image and the second, a combined preview of the first image of the area and the second image of the area.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the combined preview is presented as a crosshair preview.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising attaching, during the capturing of the first image and the second image, orientation identifying metadata to each of the first image and the second image.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a first camera;

a second camera;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

capture, using the first camera, a first image of an area, wherein the first image is associated with a first capture orientation;

capture, using the second camera, a second image of the area, wherein the second image is associated with a second capture orientation;

determine whether the first capture orientation or the second capture orientation corresponds to a viewing orientation of the information handling device; and

display, responsive to the determining, one of the first image or the second image, wherein the first camera and the second camera are enabled to capture the first image and the second image irrespective of an orientation of the information handling device.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the second camera is oriented perpendicular to the first camera.

13. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the first image and the second image are captured at substantially the same time.

14. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the first capture orientation is associated with a horizontal image of the area and wherein the second capture orientation is associated with a vertical image of the area.

15. The information handling device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine comprise instructions executable by the processor to identify whether the viewing orientation is associated with a landscape view or a portrait view.

16. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to display comprise instructions executable by the processor to display, responsive to identifying that the viewing orientation is associated with the landscape view, the first image.

17. The information handling device of claim 15 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to display comprise instructions executable by the processor to display, responsive to identifying that the viewing orientation is associated with the portrait view, the second image.

18. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to display, during the capturing of the first image and the second image, a combined preview of the first image of the area and the second image of the area.

19. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to attach, during the capturing of the first image and the second image, orientation identifying metadata to each of the first image and the second image.

20. A product, comprising:

A non-transitory storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:

code that instructs a first camera to capture a first image of an area, wherein the first image is associated with a first capture orientation;

code that instructs a second camera to capture a second image of the area, wherein the second image is associated with a second capture orientation;

code that determines whether the first capture orientation or the second capture orientation corresponds to a viewing orientation of an information handling device; and

code that displays, responsive to the determining, one of the first image or the second image;

wherein the first camera and the second camera are enabled to capture the first image and the second image irrespective of an orientation of the information handling device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060651/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: PETERSON, NATHAN J.; VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; MESE, JOHN CARL; WEKSLER, ARNOLD S.; DELANEY, MARK PATRICK
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 048718/0008 →
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