Patent ID: 8605185

Claim:
A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on a speed of motion in the scene using an image capture device having a plurality of image capture pixels, comprising: using the image capture device to capture a first and a second motion identification image of a video of the scene, wherein the second motion identification image is captured subsequent to the first motion identification image; performing a region-determining function on a processor of the image capture device that determines, after the capturing of the second motion identification image, those image capture pixels that constitute a first image region and a second image region, the first image region identified as having a higher speed of motion in the scene than the second image region, the first image region identification based on a comparison of the first and second motion identification images, the comparison being performed automatically by the processor of the image capture device; performing a speed-determining function to determine a relative speed of motion in the first image region with respect to motion in the second image region, wherein both the first image region and the second image region contain motion within the scene; and capturing a frame of the video of the scene where a capture rate of the image capture pixels of the first image region is caused to be greater than the capture rate of the image capture pixels of the second image region based on the determined relative speed of motion, or an exposure time of the first image region is caused to be less than an exposure time of the second image region based on the determined relative speed of motion.