Sony patents method to change camera settings after taking a photo
Sony has filed a patent for a technique that lets users adjust camera settings like aperture or shutter speed after a photo has already been taken. The system works by taking a burst of multiple images and using a computer algorithm to combine them, creating a final picture that looks like it was shot with different settings than the original.
In the filing’s own words
A method of editing camera settings after capture addresses the challenge of parameter settings before shooting and provides more possibilities to captured photos. The method provides a computational photography algorithm to edit camera settings based on burst photography. For example, a photographer captures an image with aperture F1.8 and shutter speed 1/100 and wants an image with appearance at aperture F2.4 afterwards. The method allows the photographer to change the settings without having to reshoot the scene.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising: capturing a series of images with a set of initial parameter settings; selecting a set of target parameter settings; and outputting an image based on the series of images captured and the set of target parameter settings.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
- Official title
- METHOD OF EDITING CAMERA SETTINGS AFTER CAPTURE
- Publication number
- US20260332890A1
- Application number
- 19574372
- Filed
- Mar 22, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 39
Classified under
H04N 23/667 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/64 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/661 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in Cameras & imaging
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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