Patent ID: 9570106
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of capturing video, the method comprising: configuring at least one imaging sensor in a first configuration; on the basis of the first configuration, capturing first video data at a first frame rate and a first resolution and second video data at a second frame rate and a second resolution, the second frame rate being higher than the first frame rate and the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, wherein the first video data is captured at a same time that the second video data is captured; detecting an amount of motion in the captured second video data; on the basis of the detected amount of motion, switching the at least one imaging sensor to a second configuration; and on the basis of the second configuration, capturing third video data at a third frame rate and a third resolution, the third frame rate being higher than the first frame rate and the third resolution being higher than the second resolution, wherein the at least one imaging sensor comprises an array camera comprising a plurality of sub-cameras; wherein in the first configuration only a subset of the sub-cameras is assigned to capturing the second video data while the other sub-cameras are assigned to capturing the first video data; and wherein in the second configuration all the sub-cameras are assigned to capturing the third video data.