Pre-Capture System for Digital Image Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image capture devices operate as closed systems, limiting subsequent image editing techniques to either access the edited digital image or raw data format, forcing users into an 'either or' scenario, and obscuring the editing process due to the lack of pre-capture support data availability.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a pre-capture system that obtains capture support data via a network to supplement and guide the processing of raw image data, enabling expanded functionality such as object removal, hole filling, and specifying settings like color palettes and lighting effects, while preserving existing image editing capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a closed system is used for image capture and processing, then the digital image processor can generate edited digital images with expanded functionality, but subsequent image editing techniques are limited to access of the already edited version and knowledge of how the editing is performed is not readily available
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by obtaining capture support data before the actual image capture and editing process. The pre-capture system retrieves metadata, scene information, and processing parameters in advance, making this information available to guide subsequent editing operations while preserving knowledge of the editing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces capture support data as an intermediary between the closed system's internal editing processes and external editing techniques. This intermediary data structure carries essential information about how the image was captured and edited, enabling external tools to understand and build upon the internal processing without breaking the closed system's functionality.
2Loss of information
If raw data format is used to preserve editing information, then knowledge of how the image was captured is available, but users must forgo access to the expanded functionality made available by the image capture device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image data into multiple components: the original raw image data, capture support data (metadata, scene information), and processing parameters. This segmentation allows different parts of the data to serve different purposes - raw data preserves capture information while support data enables expanded processing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The capture support data structure is designed to be universal, serving multiple functions simultaneously. It provides capture information for external editing tools, guides internal image processing algorithms, and maintains compatibility with both raw data workflows and processed image workflows, eliminating the need to choose between them.
3Adaptability or versatility
If capture support data is obtained via network through pre-capture system, then increased variety of data is provided to digital image processor, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pre-capture system is designed to obtain capture support data autonomously through network connections without requiring manual user configuration. The system automatically retrieves, parses, and integrates the necessary data, reducing the complexity burden on the user while providing enhanced processing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
By obtaining capture support data in advance through the pre-capture system, the patent eliminates the need for complex real-time data processing during image capture. The preliminary retrieval and preparation of data simplifies the overall system architecture by moving complexity to a pre-processing stage.
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AI summary
Digital image generation through use of capture support data is described. In one example, an image capture device is configured to obtain capture support data from an imaging support system via a network through inclusion of a pre-capture system. The pre-capture system, for instance, is configured to obtain capture support data from an imaging support system via a network. The capture support data is configured for use by digital image processor along with raw image data received from an image sensor to generate a digital image, e.g., that is configured for rendering.