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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shizhe Shen, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G06K 9/00201 (2013.01); G06K 9/2027 (2013.01); G06K 9/3241 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); G06K 2209/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
The various embodiments described herein include methods and/or devices for directing flash illumination. In one aspect, a method is performed at a device including a camera, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes directing flash illumination to an identified area of interest in a scene by adjusting power supplied to respective elements of a flash array. The method further includes capturing, via the camera, an image of the scene as illuminated by the flash illumination.