Patent ID: 6738091
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
A method for digital control of a digital camera in a changing environment, the digital camera including a plurality of parameters, an optoelectrical detection head, and a processing unit connected to the optoelectrical detection head, the method comprising:programming a pre-set number of digital setting functions recorded in the processing unit and a predetermined number of options that are characteristic of a given environment, wherein each of the digital setting functions is configured to enable setting of at least one parameter of the digital camera; grouping together a set of the digital setting functions, the digital setting functions being accessible to at least one user either directly or by the options; initializing the digital camera to enable the setting of the at least one parameter of the digital camera in a standard configuration; monitoring data elements entered by the at least one user, the data elements representing at least one of the digital setting functions and the options chosen by the at least one user; processing the data elements corresponding directly to setting the digital setting functions or the options chosen by the at least one user to carry out the corresponding settings of the digital camera; and customizing the setting of the at least one parameter of the digital camera automatically in a customized configuration for each of the at least one user based on the at least one of the digital setting functions and the options previously chosen by each of the at least one user, wherein a preliminary learning phase comprises the programming and the grouping, and the initializing, the customizing, the monitoring, and the processing occur when the processing unit is powered on by the at least one user.