Patent Document ID: 10154196
Application ID: 14721183
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: capturing a preliminary image frame sequence by a digital camera; receiving a request to capture a still image frame by the digital camera during a shooting of a scene; based on the received request, capturing the still image frame; upon capturing the still image frame, stopping the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence; obtaining at least one of an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined starting scene condition in at least one image frame of the captured preliminary image frame sequence; obtaining an indication of a fulfillment of a predetermined first camera condition prevailing during the capturing of the preliminary image frame sequence; automatically selecting, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence, a starting image frame for a displayable image frame sequence based on at least one of the fulfillment of the predetermined starting scene condition and the fulfillment of the predetermined first camera condition, wherein the predetermined starting scene condition is movement occurring in the scene; and automatically forming, from the captured preliminary image frame sequence and the still image frame, a living image of the scene based on the displayable image frame sequence, the living image of the scene starting with the starting image frame and having the captured still image frame as a last image frame in the living image of the scene.