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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter H. Mahowald, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 9/73 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention can provide solutions to many common imaging problems, such as, for example, unevenly distributed illumination, shadows, white balance adjustment, colored ambient light and high dynamic range imaging. Imaging systems and methods can be provided through a computer (e.g., laptop or desktop) such that the system or method can take advantage of the computer's processing power to provide functionality that goes beyond typical camera. Such an imaging system may include an imaging device, a camera, a light source and a user interface.