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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexis Gatt, San Jose, CA (US);
Todd S. Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Garrett M. Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Claus Moelgaard, Los Gatos, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes: obtaining a first image of a scene while an illumination component is set to an inactive state; obtaining a second image of the scene while the illumination component is set to a pre-flash state; determining one or more illumination control parameters for the illumination component for a third image of the scene that satisfy a foreground-background balance criterion based on a function of the first and second images in order to discriminate foreground data from background data within the scene; and obtaining the third image of the scene while the illumination component is set to an active state in accordance with the one or more illumination control parameters.