Patent ID: 8736697

Claim:
A digital camera, comprising: an image sensor; an optical system for forming an image onto the image sensor; a data processing system; an image memory communicatively connected to the data processing system; and a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method for capturing a sequence of digital images in a burst image capture mode, wherein the instructions include: capturing two or more evaluation digital images of a scene using the image sensor, each evaluation digital image being captured at a different time, wherein the scene includes a moving object; analyzing the two or more evaluation digital images to determine a rate of motion for the moving object; determining a frame rate responsive to the rate of motion for the moving object by: determining an initial object position for the moving object; determining a projected time interval required for the moving object to reach an edge of the scene depicted in the evaluation digital images based on the rate of motion; and determining the frame rate responsive to the projected time interval and a specified number of digital images; capturing a sequence of digital images of the scene using the image sensor, each digital image being captured at a different time; and storing a set of captured digital images corresponding to the determined frame rate in the image memory.