Patent ID: 7430002

Claim:
A method of adjusting image-capturing parameters of an image-capturing device comprising: capturing, by the image-capturing device, raw image data of a single image of a captured scene of interest; sending, by the image-capturing device, the raw image data of the single captured image to an external computer, located externally from the image-capturing device; processing, by an external computer, the raw image data of the single captured image using a first setting of a selected image-capturing parameter for display as a first image; processing, by the external computer, the raw image data of the single captured image using a second setting of the selected image-capturing parameter for display as a second image; displaying the first and second images, as comparison images on a display coupled to the external computer; selecting, by a user of the external computer, one of the comparison images; processing, by the external computer, the raw image data of the single captured image using a third setting of the selected image-capturing parameter for display as a third image; displaying on the display coupled to the external computer: (1) the selected one of the first and second images and (2) the third image as further comparison images; selecting, by the user of the external computer, one of the further comparison images; and adjusting, by the image-capturing device, current settings of the image-capturing parameters of the image-capturing device to conform with the one of the further comparison images selected by the user, wherein the selected image-capturing parameter is a control parameter for setting an exposure period or an aperture of the image-capturing device.