Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, computer program, and devices for image acquisition
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Application No.: US17425936Application Date: 2019-02-12
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Publication No.: US12003846B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Alexander Hunt , Andreas Kristensson
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Leffler Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/053458 2019.02.12
- International Announcement: WO2020/164693A 2020.08.20
- Date entered country: 2021-07-26
- Main IPC: H04N23/611
- IPC: H04N23/611 ; G06F3/01 ; H04N23/951

Abstract:
There is provided an image acquisition controller for acquiring an adapted image. The image acquisition controller comprises an interface towards a first image sensor, the first image sensor being arranged to acquire an image, and an interface towards a gaze tracking unit, the gaze tracking unit comprising a second image sensor for registering a gaze position on a scene associated with the image acquired by the first image sensor. The image acquisition controller is arranged to periodically receive information over the interface towards the gaze tracking unit about at least a position on the scene associated with the image provided from the first image sensor where the scene represents a larger part of an image registered by the first image sensor than intended to be acquired as the adapted image. The image acquisition controller is arranged to provide information over the interface towards the first image sensor about a position on the first image sensor, a size of a sensor area associated with the position on the first image sensor and a frame rate for image acquisition within said area. The image acquisition controller is arranged to receive image data over the interface towards the first image sensor wherein the image data at least comprises image data with the size, the position on the first image sensor, and the frame rate for image acquisition within said area such that the received image data is stored. An image acquisition system or device comprising the controller, a communication device with corresponding image acquisition capabilities, a method of image acquisition, and a computer program for implementing the method are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220303456A1 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICES FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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