AUTO LEVELING IMAGE CAPTURE OF A HAND-HELD DEVICE

摘要

In some implementations, a mobile device such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, will capture a substantially horizontal image when the user indicates initiation of an auto-leveling-image-capture mode and when an orientation detection component, such as a gyroscope, indicates that the mobile device is horizontal.

主权项

1. A hand-held mobile device for capturing an image while the hand-held mobile device is horizontal, the hand-held mobile device comprising:
a processor; a solid-state image transducer that is operably coupled to the processor; a gyroscope that is operably coupled to the processor; a button that is operably coupled to the processor; and an image-capture-control component that is operable to:
receive a first signal from the button that indicates initiation of an auto-leveling-image-capture mode;in response to the first signal from the button that indicates initiation of the auto-leveling-image-capture mode, deactivate function of the solid-state image transducer;receive a second signal from the gyroscope that indicates that the hand-held mobile device is horizontal within a predetermined extent of accuracy; andin response to the first signal from the button that indicates initiation of the auto-leveling-image-capture mode and in response to the second signal from the gyroscope that indicates that the hand-held mobile device is horizontal within the predetermined extent of accuracy, activate the solid-state image transducer and initiate an image capture by the image transducer.