Image Capture Devices Featuring Intelligent Use of Lightweight Hardware-Generated Statistics

    公开(公告)号:US20190035047A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-31

    申请号:US15663005

    申请日:2017-07-28

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides image capture devices and associated methods that feature intelligent use of hardware-generated statistics. An example image capture device can include an imaging hardware pipeline that generates frames of imagery. The imaging hardware pipeline can generate one or more hardware-generated statistics based at least in part on, for example, the raw image data captured by the image sensor or intermediate image data within the pipeline. The image capture device can analyze the hardware-generated statistics to determine one or more metrics for the raw image data or the image. The image capture device can determine a downstream operation of the image capture device relative to the image based at least in part on the metrics determined from the hardware generated statistics.

    Image capture devices featuring intelligent use of lightweight hardware-generated statistics

    公开(公告)号:US10929945B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US15663005

    申请日:2017-07-28

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides image capture devices and associated methods that feature intelligent use of hardware-generated statistics. An example image capture device can include an imaging hardware pipeline that generates frames of imagery. The imaging hardware pipeline can generate one or more hardware-generated statistics based at least in part on, for example, the raw image data captured by the image sensor or intermediate image data within the pipeline. The image capture device can analyze the hardware-generated statistics to determine one or more metrics for the raw image data or the image. The image capture device can determine a downstream operation of the image capture device relative to the image based at least in part on the metrics determined from the hardware generated statistics.

    Low power framework for controlling image sensor mode in a mobile image capture device

    公开(公告)号:US10225511B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-05

    申请号:US14984869

    申请日:2015-12-30

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an image capture, curation, and editing system that includes a resource-efficient mobile image capture device that continuously captures images. In particular, the present disclosure provides low power frameworks for controlling image sensor mode in a mobile image capture device. On example low power frame work includes a scene analyzer that analyzes a scene depicted by a first image and, based at least in part on such analysis, causes an image sensor control signal to be provided to an image sensor to adjust at least one of the frame rate and the resolution of the image sensor.

    Integrated Solutions For Smart Imaging
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170094171A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US15273427

    申请日:2016-09-22

    Applicant: Google Inc.

    Abstract: An integrated stacked and/or abutted sensor, memory and processing hardware camera solution is described. The sensor is to receive light from an image and generate electronic pixels from the light. The processing hardware is to process the electronic pixels to: a) recognize a scene from the image in a lower quality image mode; b) trigger actions by the camera solution in response to the recognition of the scene, the actions including: i) transitioning the camera solution from the lower quality image mode to a higher quality image mode to capture a higher quality version of the image; and, ii) forwarding from the camera solution important imagery and not forwarding from the camera solution unimportant imagery.

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