Sony patents camera method to reduce lag in burst mode photos
Sony describes a system that processes a rapid series of photos taken in burst mode to improve image quality. It calculates how many frames to throw away based on the camera's settings to handle motion blur effectively.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is an information processing device that includes a discard image number determination unit that determines, in a case where a motion compensated temporal filtering process is performed on continuously captured images that are images captured by a continuous shooting function of an imaging device, the number of discard images that is the number of images to be discarded among the continuously captured images on which the motion compensated temporal filtering process was performed in accordance with an imaging setting of the imaging device.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing device, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) configured to: determine, in a motion compensated temporal filtering process on a plurality of continuously captured images, a number of discard images based on an imaging setting of an imaging device, wherein the plurality of continuously captured images is captured by a continuous shooting function of the imaging device, and the discard images comprise images to be discarded among the plurality of continuously captured images.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- Information processing device and information processing method for improving image quality and shutter lag of continuously captured image
- Patent number
- US12726703B2
- Application number
- 18728971
- Filed
- Dec 21, 2022
- Granted
- Sep 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 23/683 Electricity & electronicsG06T 5/70 Physics & computingH04N 23/62 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/632 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/667 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in Cameras & imaging
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