Patent ID: 9058054
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a viewfinder providing a field of view; an image capturing device; a gaze acquisition system configured to acquire a gaze direction; a motion detection system configured to acquire movement data associated with the apparatus and determine movements of the apparatus based on the movement data; and a controller configured to: (1) determine whether the acquired gaze direction indicates a gaze through the viewfinder; (2) generate an image capture instruction based, at least in part, on a determination that the acquired gaze direction indicates a gaze through the viewfinder and on a movement pattern in the determined movements of the apparatus, wherein the movement pattern comprises the apparatus tilting forward, wherein the image capture instruction indicates that the image capturing device should capture an image, and (3) cause the image capturing device to capture an image in accordance with the image capture instruction, wherein the captured image includes at least a portion of the field of view provided by the viewfinder.