Patent ID: 9049373
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus, comprising: a camera device and a gravity sensor; a storage device; at least one processor; and one or more programs stored in the storage device and executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising: an obtaining module that senses accelerations of the camera device using the gravity sensor when an image capturing demand is received, and obtains x-coordinate values, y-coordinate values, and z-coordinate values of the accelerations of the camera device from a space coordinate system in a default time interval; a calculating module that obtains a maximum x-coordinate value and a minimum x-coordinate value from the obtained x-coordinate values, calculates an x-coordinate difference between the minimum x-coordinate value and the maximum x-coordinate value, obtains a maximum y-coordinate value and a minimum y-coordinate value from the obtained y-coordinate values, calculates a y-coordinate difference between the minimum y-coordinate value and the maximum y-coordinate value, obtains a maximum z-coordinate value and a minimum z-coordinate value from the obtained z-coordinate values, calculates a z-coordinate difference between the minimum z-coordinate value and the maximum z-coordinate value, and determines whether the three-dimensional coordinate differences are less than corresponding predefined thresholds; a delaying module that if at least one coordinate difference is not less than a corresponding predefined threshold, delays a period of time to obtain the x-coordinate values, the y-coordinate values, and the z-coordinate values of the accelerations of the camera device sensed by the gravity sensor in a next default time interval; and a controlling module that if all the three-dimensional coordinate differences are less than the corresponding predefined thresholds, controls the camera device to capture one or more images of a subject object that is placed on a work platform of the image capturing apparatus, and stores the captured images in the storage device.