Methods and apparatuses for capturing an image

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided for capturing an image. A method may include determining a scene to be captured at a first resolution. The scene to be captured may be within a field of view of an image sensor. The method may further include causing capture by the image sensor of a plurality of sub-images at a second resolution. The second resolution may be less than the first resolution. Each of the plurality of sub-images may depict a portion of the scene to be captured. The method may additionally include using the plurality of sub-images to generate an output image depicting the scene to be captured at the first resolution. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining a scene to be captured at a first resolution, wherein the scene to be captured is within a field of view of an image sensor; causing capture by the image sensor of a plurality of sub-images using off-center optical zooming and cropping at a respective second resolution, the second resolution being less than the first resolution, wherein the plurality of sub-images depicts a portion of the scene to be captured; and using the plurality of sub-images to generate an output image depicting the scene to be captured at the first resolution; wherein the image sensor is capable of capturing an image at the first resolution, but an output resolution of the image sensor is constrained by hardware limitations to a third resolution that is less than the first resolution, and wherein the second resolution comprises a resolution less than or equal to the third resolution.