System and method for evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography

Abstract

A system for evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography, comprising a case configured to enclose and securely fasten a mobile device and an illuminating portion, the illuminating portion configured to produce light based on input received from a plurality of sensors. The system further comprising a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device, and configured to direct the operation of the illuminating portion comprising at least a sensor processor and an image capture device, wherein the sensor processor adjusts the illuminating portion based on preconfigured thresholds to provide evenly-scatter lighting for capturing images of subjects via the image capture device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for providing evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography, comprising:
 a case comprising at least an enclosure comprising a rigid material configured to enclose and securely fasten a mobile device and further comprising an illuminating portion, the illuminating portion being configured to produce light based at least in part on input received from a sensor processing system, the sensor processing system comprising:
 a first plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device, and configured to direct operation of the illuminating portion; 
 a plurality of sensors; 
 a sensor processor; 
 an image capture device; 
 wherein the one or more of the plurality of sensors measure brightness and color cast of ambient light; 
 wherein the sensor processor adjusts the illuminating portion based on preconfigured thresholds to provide evenly-scattered lighting for capturing images of subjects via the image capture device; 
 wherein the one or more of the plurality of sensors are re-polled in a looping fashion by the sensor processor to detect changes in brightness or color cast in ambient lighting; 
 wherein if any changes in brightness or color cast are detected, the sensor processor automatically adjusts the light output by the illumination portion. 
   
     
     
         2 . The sensor processing system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sharing module;   an external services interface;   wherein a plurality of network services are connected via the external services interface;   wherein upon one or more images being captured by the image capture device, at least a subset of the one or more images are shared on a network to at least one service of the plurality of network services.   
     
     
         3 . The sensor processing system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one service is a social network. 
     
     
         4 . The sensor processing system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one service is an email account. 
     
     
         5 . The sensor processing system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one service is another sensor processing system connected via the network. 
     
     
         6 . The sensor processing system of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 an alert manager comprising a second plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory that when executed by the processor of the network-connected computing device, cause the processor to maintain a plurality of preconfigured thresholds and alerts;   wherein a plurality of associated actions are performed based on a notification that one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors has reached or exceeded at least one threshold of the plurality of preconfigured thresholds.   
     
     
         7 . The sensor processing system of  claim 6 , further comprising a recognition module comprising a third plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory that when executed by the processor of the network-connected computing device, cause the processor to recognize a plurality of patterns in the one or more images. 
     
     
         8 . The sensor processing system of  claim 7 , wherein the plurality of patterns are associated to facial features within the one or more images. 
     
     
         9 . The sensor processing system of  claim 1 , further comprising a battery wherein the battery powers the illuminating portion and the mobile device. 
     
     
         10 . The sensor processing system of  claim 1 , wherein a subset of the plurality of sensors are system resource sensors to provide measurements selected from the group consisting of temperature, memory usage, battery level and network transmission rates. 
     
     
         11 . A method for providing evenly-scattered adaptable subject lighting for mobile device photography, comprising a case comprising at least an enclosure comprising a rigid material configured to enclose and securely fasten a mobile device and further comprising an illuminating portion, the illuminating portion being configured to produce light based at least in part on input received from a sensor processing system, the sensor processing system comprising the steps of:
 detecting, at one or more of a plurality of sensors, brightness and color cast in ambient lighting;   adjusting, at a sensor processor, the illuminating portion based on a plurality of preconfigured thresholds to provide evenly-scattered lighting;   re-polling at the one or more sensors, in a looping fashion, by the sensor processor, to detect changes in brightness or color cast in ambient lighting;   wherein if any changes in brightness or color cast are detected, the sensor processor automatically adjusts the light output by the illumination portion.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the steps of:
 connecting, at an external services interface, a plurality of network services;   upon one or more images being captured by the image capture device, sharing, at a sharing module, at least a subset of the one or more images, on a network to at least one service of the plurality of network services.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one service is a social network. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one service is an email account. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one service is another sensor processing system connected via the network. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising the steps of:
 maintaining, at an alert manager, the plurality of preconfigured thresholds and alerts; performing a plurality of associated actions based on a notification that one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors have reached or exceeded at least one threshold of the plurality of preconfigured thresholds.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising the step of configuring, at a recognition module, and ability to recognize a plurality of patterns in the one or more images. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the plurality of patterns are associated to facial features within the one or more images. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the step of powering, via a battery, the illuminating portion and the mobile device. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the step of providing measurements from a subset of the plurality of sensors, the measurements selected from the group consisting of temperature, memory usage, battery level and network transmission rates.