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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Applicants:
BO Ding, Boulder, CO (US);
Dmitry Ryuma, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bo Ding, Boulder, CO (US);
Dmitry Ryuma, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Assignee:
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 17/48 (2006.01); G03B 7/093 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); G03B 7/093 (2013.01); G03B 17/48 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01);
Abstract
An auto exposure method for an image capture device includes the steps of gathering ambient light data using an ambient light sensor of the image capture device, selecting a frame rate corresponding to the gathered ambient light data, and determining an optimal image capture frame rate for the image capture device. The auto exposure method determines the optimal image capture frame rate by executing an auto exposure algorithm with a processor using the selected frame rate as an initialization parameter for the auto exposure algorithm.