Patent ID: 7796872
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for electronically stabilizing an image captured by a device, the device including a motion detection unit, the method comprising: capturing a first exposure of the image, the first exposure being a short exposure; capturing a second exposure of the image including using the motion detection unit to ensure that the second exposure of the image has a pre-determined blur property, the pre-determined blur property based on the motion detection unit sensing movement of the device during the second exposure that substantially matches a pre-determined movement, the second exposure being longer than the first exposure wherein ensuring that the second exposure of the image has a pre-determined blur property includes discarding at least one previous captured second exposure of the image that does not have the pre-determined blur property; and combining the second exposure of the image having the pre-determined blur property and the first exposure of the image to electronically stabilize the image captured by the device.