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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 25, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
John F. Kelley, Clarkesville, GA (US);
Douglas E. Lhotka, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Kristin S. Moore, Charleston, SC (US);
Todd P. Seager, Orem, UT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for processing light sources. A base photographic image of a scene is combined with N additional photographic images of the scene to form a composite image including M discrete light sources (N≥2; M≥N). The scene in the base image is exposed to ambient light. The scene of the base image is exposed, in each of the N additional images, to the ambient light and to at least one discrete light source to which the base image is not exposed. The M discrete light sources in the composite image include the discrete light sources to which the scene is exposed in the N additional images. The composite image is displayed on a display device, depicting a region surrounding each discrete light source and having an area that correlates with an intensity of light from the discrete light source surrounded by the region.