Automatic control of image capture device display operation underwater
An image capture device may include a touchscreen display, which may be used to receive user input. The image capture device may determine whether it is under water based on analysis of visual content captured by the image capture device. Responsive to determination that it is under water, the image capture device may change operation with respect to the touchscreen display.
1. An image capture device that changes operation underwater, the image capture device comprising:
a housing;
an image sensor carried by the housing and configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content;
an optical element carried by the housing and configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor;
a touchscreen display carried by the housing and configured to receive user input via a user's engagement with the touchscreen display; and
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
capture the visual content during a capture duration;
determine whether the image capture device is under water during the capture duration based on analysis of the visual content; and
responsive to determination that the image capture device is under water during the capture duration, change operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display.
2. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display is changed to deactivate the touchscreen display.
3. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display is changed to modify sensitivity of the touchscreen display in receiving the user input via the user's engagement with the touchscreen display.
4. The image capture device of claim 3 , wherein the sensitivity of the touchscreen display is changed to require greater force of the user's engagement with the touchscreen display to receive the user input.
5. The image capture device of claim 3 , wherein the sensitivity of the touchscreen display is changed to require longer duration of the user's engagement with the touchscreen display to receive the user input.
6. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display is changed to modify options presented on the touchscreen display.
7. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the analysis of the visual content to determine whether the image capture device is under water during the capture duration includes analysis of color components in the visual content.
8. The image capture device of claim 7 , wherein the analysis of the color components in the visual content includes comparison of a green component in the visual content to a blue component in the visual content and comparison of the green component in the visual content to a red component in the visual content.
9. The image capture device of claim 1 , the analysis of the visual content to determine whether the image capture device is under water during the capture duration includes scene classification to determine whether the visual content includes depiction of an underwater scene.
10. The image capture device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by the machine-readable instructions to:
responsive to determination that the image capture device is no longer under water, reverse the change to the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display.
11. A method for changing image capture device operation underwater, the method performed by an image capture device including one or more processors, an image sensor, an optical element, and a touchscreen display, the image sensor configured to generate a visual output signal conveying visual information based on light that becomes incident thereon, the visual information defining visual content, the optical element configured to guide light within a field of view to the image sensor, the touchscreen display configured to receive user input via a user's engagement with the touchscreen display, the method comprising:
capturing the visual content during a capture duration;
determining whether the image capture device is under water during the capture duration based on analysis of the visual content; and
responsive to determination that the image capture device is under water during the capture duration, changing operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display is changed to deactivate the touchscreen display.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display is changed to modify sensitivity of the touchscreen display in receiving the user input via the user's engagement with the touchscreen display.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the sensitivity of the touchscreen display is changed to require greater force of the user's engagement with the touchscreen display to receive the user input.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the sensitivity of the touchscreen display is changed to require longer duration of the user's engagement with the touchscreen display to receive the user input.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display is changed to modify options presented on the touchscreen display.
17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the analysis of the visual content to determine whether the image capture device is under water during the capture duration includes analysis of color components in the visual content.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the analysis of the color components in the visual content includes comparison of a green component in the visual content to a blue component in the visual content and comparison of the green component in the visual content to a red component in the visual content.
19. The method of claim 11 , the analysis of the visual content to determine whether the image capture device is under water during the capture duration includes scene classification to determine whether the visual content includes depiction of an underwater scene.
20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
responsive to determination that the image capture device is no longer under water, reversing the change to the operation of the image capture device with respect to the touchscreen display.