Patent ID: 8836808
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for image capture using an image capture apparatus that includes an imaging assembly, the method comprising: receiving geographic location of the image capture apparatus from a location sensor that obtains geographic location of the image capture apparatus; constructing a capture mask by calculations which use the geographic location; and applying the constructed capture mask to the imaging assembly, the imaging assembly having a tunable spectral response and being tunable in accordance with the capture mask; wherein the capture mask is constructed to obtain three channels of spectral components, wherein preview image data having more than three channels of spectral components is obtained, wherein spectral signatures of objects in the preview are obtained, wherein materials of the objects are identified based on the spectral signatures, and wherein the capture mask is constructed by calculations which use both of the geographic location and the identities of the materials of the objects in the preview.