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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Seung In Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Min Su Ahn, Seoul, KR;
In Woo Ha, Yongin-si, KR;
Kee Chang Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hyong Euk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/50 (2011.01); G06T 15/06 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 15/506 (2013.01); G06T 15/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method are provided. The image processing method may generate a mask for preventing a virtual light source from being sampled on an area of a current image frame based on virtual light source information of a previous image frame, applying the mask to the current image frame, sampling the virtual light source in the current image frame to which the mask is applied, and rendering the current image frame based on the virtual light source sampled in the current image frame.