JP-2022537663-A5 -

Dates

Publication Date

20230522

Application Date

20200609

Description

[00124] The program code may be executed by a processor, which may include one or more processors, for example, one or more digital signal processors (DSPs), general-purpose microprocessors, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable logic arrays (FPGAs), or other uniform integrated circuit configurations or discrete logic circuit configurations. Such processors may be configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors using a DSP core, or any other such configuration. Accordingly, the term “processor” as used herein may refer to any of the above-described structures, any combination thereof, or any other structure or device suitable for implementing the techniques described herein. The invention described in the original claims of this application is listed below. [C1] A method for processing one or more images, To determine one or more current exposure settings for the current image of the current scene at the current time, To determine one or more motion characteristics associated with the image sensor, Based on the one or more motion characteristics, predict the location of a portion of the current image to be used to determine one or more future exposure settings for the image sensor, and the one or more future exposure settings are for capturing future images of a future scene at a future time, where the future time is subsequent to the current time. Based on the predicted portion of the current image, one or more future exposure settings are determined. A method that includes [a certain feature]. [C2] The determination of one or more future exposure settings before the field of view of the image sensor reaches the future scene. The method according to C1, further comprising: [C3] The method of C1, wherein predicting the location of the portion of the current image to be used to determine the one or more future exposure settings comprises excluding a region of the current image from being used to determine the one or more future exposure settings. [C4] The method according to C1, wherein the one or more motion characteristics include one or more of the speed or direction of travel of the image sensor. [C5] Determining one or more motion characteristics based at least in part on one or more inputs to the steering system that communicate with the inertial sensor or the image sensor. A method for C4 that further provides the necessary features. [C6] Determining one or more motion characteristics based at least partially on one or more regions of interest in the current image. A method for C4 that further provides the necessary features. [C7] Determining one or more future exposure settings based on the predicted portion of the current image is: To predict one or more regions of interest in the future image within the predicted portion, Adjusting the exposure settings for the one or more regions of interest The method according to C1, comprising: [C8] Determining a grid comprising one or more grid elements associated with one or more regions of the future image within the predicted portion, Determining the weights for the one or more grid elements, wherein the one or more future exposure settings are based on the weights, The method according to C1, further comprising: [C9] The method according to C1, wherein the one or more future exposure settings include variations in one or more current exposure settings of the current image. [C10] Based on the one or more future exposure settings, the image sensor captures the future image. The method according to C1, further comprising: [C11] A device for processing one or more images, A memory configured to store one or more of the aforementioned images, Implemented in the circuit configuration, To determine one or more current exposure settings for the current image of the current scene at the current time, To determine one or more motion characteristics associated with the image sensor, Based on the one or more motion characteristics, predict the location of a portion of the current image to be used to determine one or more future exposure settings for the image sensor, and the one or more future exposure settings are for capturing future images of a future scene at a future time, where the future time is subsequent to the current time. Based on the predicted portion of the current image, one or more future exposure settings are determined. A processor configured to perform the following actions A device equipped with the following features. [C12] The aforementioned processor, Before the field of view of the image sensor reaches the future scene, determine one or more future