Nokia Technologies

Cameras are becoming increasingly aware of the picture-taking context, collecting extra information around the act of photographing. This contextual information en-ables the computational generation of a wide range of enhanced photographic outputs, effectively expanding the imaging experience provided by consumer cameras. Com-puter vision and computational photography techniques can be applied to provide image composites, such as panora-mas, high dynamic range images, and stroboscopic images, as well as automatically selecting individual alternative frames. Our technology can be integrated into point-and-shoot cameras, and it effectively expands the photographic possibilities for casual and amateur users, who often rely on automatic camera modes. 1