UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

Brief Description

A novel photography method that provides, along with the actual picture taken, several alternative versions of the image. This method produces photo variations such as panoramas, collages, alternative views, composites based on moving subjects, and views using varying capture parameters such as focal length and exposure time.

Background

Consumer-level point-and-shoot digital cameras and smartphones have a digital viewfinder that continuously displays the image seen by the camera, allowing the photographer to preview and frame the photograph. These viewfinder images are simply displayed to the user, used to perform automatic metering functions such as auto-exposure and autofocus, and then discarded. The result is a single-saved image at the time of the shutter triggering.

Description

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a novel photography method that provides, along with the actual picture taken, several alternative versions of the image. Using the same point-and-shoot operation currently implemented in digital cameras, this method produces photo variations such as panoramas, collages, alternative views, composites based on moving subjects, and views using varying capture parameters such as focal length and exposure time, in addition to the standard captured photograph. The user has the option to either save the captured image and all variations or select images to be saved.

Advantages

• Many alternative versions of a captured image using the same point-and-shoot operation currently used (as opposed to the single image that current cameras provide)  

• Can suggest variations such as panoramas, collages, alternative views, composites based on moving subjects, and views using varying capture parameters (i.e. focal length, exposure time, etc.)  

• Option to either save captured image and all variations or select images to be saved

Applications

• Digital Cameras

• Smartphones

The technology is available for licensing.

Inventors

• Vaquero, Daniel A.

Other Information

Contact

Shaun R. Juncal / juncal@tia.ucsb.edu / tel: View Phone Number. Please reference Tech ID #21366.

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