Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Viewfinder ring flash
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Application No.: US17354817Application Date: 2021-06-22
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Publication No.: US11722779B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Newar Husam Al Majid , Christine Barron , Ryan Chan , Bertrand Saint-Preux , Shoshana Sternstein
- Applicant: Snap Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee: Snap Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Monica
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N23/74 ; H04N23/71 ; H04N23/56 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06F3/0481

Abstract:
The technical problem of enhancing the quality of an image captured by a front facing camera in low light conditions is addressed by displaying the viewfinder of a front facing camera with an illuminating border, termed a viewfinder ring flash. A viewfinder ring flash acts as a ring flash in low light conditions. A viewfinder ring flash may be automatically generated and presented in the camera view user interface (UI) when the digital sensor of a front facing camera detects a low light indication based on intensity of incident light detected by the digital image sensor of the camera.
Public/Granted literature
- US11611711B2 Viewfinder ring flash Public/Granted day:2023-03-21
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