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Samsung patents camera system that adjusts stabilization to prevent blur

This patent describes a method for electronic devices to keep videos steady by combining hardware and software fixes. When the device moves too fast for the physical lens to correct, the processor adjusts how much the lens moves and uses digital processing to clean up the remaining shake.

Why it mattersIt offers a technical approach to reducing blur in fast-moving shots, which could lead to smoother video recording in phones or cameras.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes: a motion sensor for outputting motion data corresponding to motion of the electronic device; a camera module for performing an OIS function within a operation range when the motion data has a first size; and a processor electrically connected to the motion sensor and the camera module. The processor acquires motion data from the motion sensor while continuously acquiring image frames through the camera module, determines, based on the motion data, a parameter associated with the OIS function such that the camera module performs the OIS function within the operation range using the parameter based on determination that the motion data has the second size lager than the first size, and acquire image frames for which the OIS function has been performed within the operation range using the determined parameter.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a motion sensor configured to output motion data corresponding to motion of the electronic device; a camera module comprising an image sensor and configured to perform an optical image stabilization (OIS) function within an operation range when the motion data has a size within a first size, wherein the first size is smaller than a critical size in which a lens is controlled in order to perform an OIS function; and at least one processor electrically connected to the motion sensor and the camera module, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: determine an exposure time of the image sensor for acquiring image frames; acquire the motion data having a second size larger than the critical size from the motion sensor while continuously acquiring the image frames through the camera module, determine a parameter associated with the OIS function based on the exposure time and the motion data having the second size such that the camera module performs the OIS function within the operation range using the determined parameter based on determination that the motion data has the second size larger than the critical size, acquire the image frames for which the OIS function is performed within the operation range using the determined parameter, and perform a video digital image stabilization (VDIS) function with respect to the image frames, based on the motion data having the second size and a motion compensation value applied to acquiring the image frames by using the OIS function, wherein the parameter is a suppression ratio related to a degree of the OIS function with respect to the motion data having the second size larger than the critical size, the parameter is determined to decrease in response to an increase of the size of the motion data larger than the critical size, and the parameter is determined based on a magnitude of a value obtained by multiplying the exposure time and the motion data.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Electronic device for performing image stabilization, and operating method therefor
Patent number
US12756933B2
Application number
18177120
Filed
Mar 2, 2023
Granted
Oct 6, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
12

Classified under

H04N 23/687 Electricity & electronicsG06V 10/60 Physics & computingH04N 23/73 Electricity & electronics

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