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Samsung patents syncing multiple cameras to record one video

Samsung describes a method where multiple camera devices synchronize their internal clocks and match settings like focus and exposure. One device acts as a leader, sharing its settings with the others, which then record the same scene from different angles and send their footage to create a single combined video.

Why it mattersThis could allow users to capture complex scenes with multiple angles simultaneously, similar to how professional film crews coordinate multiple cameras.

In the filing’s own words

In one embodiment, a method includes synchronizing, by a camera device, a clock of the camera device to a shared clock time and applying, by the camera device, one or more shared camera parameters to a camera of the camera device. The method further includes determining, by the camera device, a position of the camera device relative to at least one of one or more peer camera devices capturing video of a scene in an environment of the camera device; capturing, by the camera of the camera device, a video of the scene in the environment of the camera device; and transmitting, by the camera device, the captured video of the scene to at least one of the one or more peer camera devices to form a composite video of the scene.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method comprising: synchronizing, by a camera device, a clock of the camera device to a shared clock time; applying, by the camera device, one or more shared camera parameters to a camera of the camera device, wherein the shared camera parameters comprise camera parameters of a primary camera device; determining, by the camera device, a position of the camera device relative to at least one of one or more peer camera devices capturing video of a scene in an environment of the camera device, wherein at least one of (1) the one or more peer camera devices or (2) the camera device comprises the primary camera device, and each of the one or more peer camera devices and the camera device that is not the primary camera device comprises a secondary camera device; capturing, by the camera of the camera device, a video of the scene in the environment of the camera device; and transmitting, by the camera device, the captured video of the scene to at least one of the one or more peer camera devices to form a composite video of the scene.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Video capture by multiple collaborating devices
Patent number
US12726726B2
Application number
18527323
Filed
Dec 3, 2023
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 23/90 Electricity & electronicsG06T 7/12 Physics & computingG06T 7/70 Physics & computingG06T 2207/30201 Physics & computing
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