Methods and apparatus for capturing media using plurality of cameras in electronic device

1. An apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store instructions; and

at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is, when the instructions are executed, configured to:

obtain at least one preview frame from a first camera in response to enabling an image capture application of an electronic device;

determine a first ambient light parameter of the obtained at least one preview frame;

activate a second camera, in response to the determined first ambient light parameter being lower than a first pre-defined threshold;

perform a setting of the second camera within a time interval between the activation of the second camera and a deactivation of the first camera, wherein the time interval is determined based on a difference between the determined first ambient light parameter and the first pre-defined threshold;

deactivate the first camera after the time interval; and

capture a scene using the second camera associated with the electronic device,

wherein the first camera comprises a first image sensor which provides a first sensitivity,

wherein the second camera comprises a second image sensor which provides a second sensitivity, and

wherein the second sensitivity is higher than the first sensitivity.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a second ambient light parameter by using the second camera;

activate the first camera, in response to the determined second ambient light parameter being above a second pre-defined threshold;

perform a setting of the first camera within an another time interval between the activation of the first camera and a deactivation of the second camera, wherein the another time interval is determined based on a difference between the determined second ambient light parameter and the second pre-defined threshold;

deactivate the second camera after the another time interval; and

capture a scene using the first camera associated with the electronic device,

wherein the second pre-defined threshold is greater than the first pre-defined threshold.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

analyze the first ambient light parameter for at least one portion of a preview image obtained from the first camera;

determine a switching of a camera operation from the first camera to the second camera based on determining of the first ambient light parameter for at least one portion of the preview image obtained from the first camera; and

provide an indication while the switching of the camera operation.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image sensor comprises a bayer sensor, and

wherein the second image sensor comprises a quadra sensor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first ambient light parameter comprises at least one of a lux value, a sensor data, a scene analysis data, a face recognition data, and a light intensity.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting of the second camera comprises at least one of an automatic focus (AF) setting, an automatic white balance (AWB) setting, or an automatic exposure control (AEC) setting.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

cause the first image sensor to enter into low power mode in response to the activation of the second camera; and

perform at least one of stopping generating frame from the first image sensor and discarding frames by an image signal processor (ISP) received from the first camera.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is, to determine the first ambient light parameter, configured to:

identify a face region of the at least one preview image; and

determine a lux value of the identified face region as the first ambient light parameter.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the first image sensor is configured to output data for pixels, and

wherein the second image sensor is configured to output binning data by combining pixels based on a pixel binning.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

perform a process of highlighting an object in the captured scene using the second camera.

11. A method comprising:

obtaining at least one preview frame from a first camera in response to enabling an image capture application of an electronic device;

determining a first ambient light parameter of the obtained at least one preview frame;

activating a second camera, in response to the determined first ambient light parameter being lower than a first pre-defined threshold;

performing a setting of the second camera within a time interval between the activation of the second camera and a deactivation of the first camera, wherein the time interval is determined based on a difference between the determined first ambient light parameter and the first pre-defined threshold;

deactivating the first camera after the time interval; and

capturing a scene using the second camera associated with the electronic device,

wherein the first camera comprises a first image sensor which provides a first sensitivity,

wherein the second camera comprises a second image sensor which provides a second sensitivity, and

wherein the second sensitivity is higher than the first sensitivity.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining, by the electronic device, a second ambient light parameter by using the second camera;

activating the first camera, in response to the determined second ambient light parameter being above a second pre-defined threshold;

performing a setting of the first camera within an another time interval between the activation of the first camera and a deactivation of the second camera, wherein the another time interval is determined based on a difference between the determined second ambient light parameter and the second pre-defined threshold;

deactivating the second camera after the another time interval; and

capturing, by the electronic device, a scene using the first camera associated with the electronic device,

wherein the second pre-defined threshold is greater than the first pre-defined threshold.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

analyzing, by the electronic device, the first ambient light parameter for at least one portion of a preview image obtained from the first camera;

determining, by the electronic device, a switching of a camera operation from the first camera to the second camera based on determining of the first ambient light parameter for at least one portion of the preview image obtained from the first camera; and

providing, by the electronic device, an indication while the switching of the camera operation.

14. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the first image sensor comprises a Bayer sensor, and

wherein the second image sensor comprises a quadra sensor.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first ambient light parameter comprises at least one of a lux value, a sensor data, a scene analysis data, a face recognition data, and a light intensity.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein setting the second camera comprises at least one of an automatic focus (AF) setting, an automatic white balance (AWB) setting, or an automatic exposure control (AEC) setting.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

causing the first image sensor to enter into low power mode in response to the activation of the second camera; and

performing at least one of stopping generating frame from the first image sensor and discarding frames by an image signal processor (ISP) received from the first camera.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the first ambient light parameter comprises:

identifying a face region of the at least one preview image; and

determining a lux value of the identified face region as the first ambient light parameter.

19. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the first image sensor is configured to output data for pixels, and

wherein the second image sensor is configured to output binning data by combining pixels based on a pixel binning.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

performing a process of highlighting an object in the captured scene using the second camera.