Patent ID: 9583529
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. A gesture-based method of controlling an imaging mode of a camera-equipped device, the method comprising the acts: sensing a first movement of the camera-equipped device, the first movement defining a first direction; following the sensed first movement, sensing a pause in movement of the device; and following the sensed pause, sensing a second movement of the device, the second movement defining a second direction; determining that said second direction has a principal component that is oriented in a direction opposite to said first direction; wherein said sensed first movement, followed by said sensed pause and said sensed second movement, comprise a motion-stasis-motion gesture; wherein sensing of the motion-stasis-motion gesture serves to control an imaging mode of the camera-equipped device; wherein said motion-stasis-motion gesture indicates a user's interest in a scene viewed by the camera during said sensed pause; and wherein the method includes combining data from plural images captured during said sensed pause, but not during said first or second sensed movements, in an enhanced image.