Image-capture parameter variation
View Patent ↗A camera includes a bracketing logic module that varies, based on a previously-received user input and for each shot of a plurality of bracketed shots for a scene to be imaged, one or more of a plurality of different image-capture parameters, wherein, the bracketing logic module varies the one or more of the plurality of different image-capture parameters based on previously-input user selections of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged.
1. A camera, comprising:
a bracketing logic module that varies, based on a received user input and for at least two bracketed shots for a scene to be imaged, at least two different image-capture parameters, wherein
the bracketing logic module varies the at least two different image-capture parameters based on previously-input user selections of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged, and wherein the at least two different image-capture parameters include at least two of the following:
ISO Speed, color, adaptive lighting, sharpening, saturation, contrast, compression, resolution, red-eye removal, flash compensation, focus distance, zoom, auto focus area, and date imprint, and
wherein the bracketing logic module, after receiving the user input, picks, on-the-fly, the at least two different image-capture parameters to adjust the at least two bracketed shots for the scene to be imaged based on a previously-received user input of a type of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged.
2. The camera of claim 1 , wherein the image-capture parameters further include:
exposure compensation, F-number, shutter speed, white balance, exposure metering, and flash.
3. The camera of claim 1 , wherein the bracketing logic module, after receiving the user input of the type of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged, varies the at least two different image-capture parameters to create a combination of two or more different image-capture parameters for each of the at least two bracketed shots for the scene to be imaged.
4. The camera of claim 1 , wherein the bracketing logic module performs analysis on the scene to be imaged for variation of the at least two different image-capture parameters using information about the scene to be imaged received from a lens and a photosensor.
5. The camera of claim 1 , further comprising:
a user interface that displays a menu; and
a navigation system that offers a bracketing option among one or more menu options;
wherein the selection of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged occurs through user selection of one of the group consisting of: selecting a scene mode in the bracketing option at the user interface, and selecting a bracketing option in a scene mode menu at the user interface.
6. The camera of claim 1 , wherein upon user selection of Action bracketing for a scene mode in a bracketing option, the bracketing logic module varies at least two image capture parameters selected from the group consisting of: flash, shutter speed, ISO speed, auto focus, and sharpening.
7. The camera of claim 1 , wherein upon user selection of Low Light bracketing for a scene, the bracketing logic module varies at least two image capture parameters selected from the group consisting of: exposure compensation, flash, shutter speed, adaptive lighting, and ISO speed.
8. A method comprising:
varying, after a user selection of scene-bracketing for a scene to be imaged by a camera, two or more different image-capture parameters selected from a plurality of different image-capture parameters, to create a combination of the two or more different image-capture parameters for each of at least two shots of a plurality of bracketed shots for the scene to be imaged by the camera; and
based on the user selection, picking, on-the-fly, the two or more different image-capture parameters to adjust the at least two shots for the scene to be imaged based on a previously-received user input of a type of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged,
wherein the two or more different image-capture parameters include at least two of the following:
ISO Speed, color, adaptive lighting, sharpening, saturation, contrast, compression, resolution, red-eye removal, flash compensation, focus distance, zoom, auto focus area, and date imprint.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the camera comprises one of: a digital still camera, analog camera, or camera phone.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the varying further comprises:
employing, in a first shot of the plurality of bracketed shots, a default setting in the plurality of different image-capture parameters for the scene to be imaged upon user selection of a bracketing option as the user selection of a type of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged; and
increasing aggressiveness in achieving a best image in subsequent settings in the plurality of different image-capture parameters for additional shots of the plurality of bracketed shots.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of a best image from a plurality of images captured in the plurality of bracketed shots for the scene; and
displaying settings of the plurality of different image-capture parameters employed to capture the best image on a user interface of the camera.
12. A method, comprising:
receiving a user selection of scene-bracketing for a scene to be imaged by a camera;
varying, after the receiving, at least two different image-capture parameters, of a plurality of different image-capture parameters, to create a combination of the at least two different image-capture parameters for each of at least two shots of a plurality of bracketed shots for the scene to be imaged by the camera; and
based on the received user selection, picking, on-the-fly, the at least two different image-capture parameters to adjust the at least two shots for the scene to be imaged based on a previously-received user input of a type of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged,
wherein the two or more different image-capture parameters include at least two of the following:
ISO Speed, color, adaptive lighting, sharpening, saturation, contrast, compression, resolution, red-eye removal, flash compensation, focus distance, zoom, auto focus area, and date imprint.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the varying further comprises:
employing, in a first shot of the plurality of bracketed shots, a default setting in the plurality of different image-capture parameters for the scene to be imaged; and
increasing aggressiveness in achieving a best image in subsequent settings in the plurality of different image-capture parameters for additional shots of the plurality of bracketed shots.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, upon user selection of Action bracketing for a scene mode, increasing the aggressiveness in achieving the best image in subsequent settings in the plurality of different image-capture parameters for the additional shots of the plurality of bracketed shots includes:
employing increasingly higher ISO Speeds in the subsequent settings in the plurality of different image-capture parameters for the additional shots of the plurality of bracketed shots.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving a selection of a best image from a plurality of images captured in the plurality of bracketed shots for the scene; and
displaying settings of the plurality of different image-capture parameters employed to capture the best image on a user interface of the camera.
16. A camera, comprising:
a bracketing logic module that varies, without user input and for at least two bracketed shots for a scene to be imaged, at least two different image-capture parameters, wherein
the bracketing logic module applies intelligence about the scene to be imaged in picking and setting the at least two different image-capture parameters for the at least two bracketed shots, and wherein the at least two different image-capture parameters include at least two of the following:
ISO Speed, color, adaptive lighting, sharpening, saturation, contrast, compression, resolution, red-eye removal, flash compensation, focus distance, zoom, auto focus area, and date imprint, and
wherein the bracketing logic module, picks, on-the-fly, the at least two different image-capture parameters to adjust the at least two bracketed shots for the scene to be imaged based on a previously-received user input of a type of scene-bracketing for the scene to be imaged.
17. The camera of claim 16 , wherein the image-capture parameters further include:
exposure compensation, F-number, shutter speed, white balance, exposure metering, and flash.
18. The camera of claim 16 , wherein the bracketing logic module varies the at least two different image-capture parameters to create a combination of two or more different image-capture parameters for each of the at least two bracketed shots for the scene to be imaged.