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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventors:
Weston J. Lahr, Sherwood, OR (US);
Julian C. Ryde, East Hampton, CT (US);
Richard M. Rademaker, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Richard Jinkins, Rewey, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 9/735 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for automatically adjusting exposure to maintain color fidelity where a point source puts a small cluster of pixels in saturation. An exposure level is iteratively reduced until pixels corresponding only one color in a Bayer filter remain above a threshold while all other colors are at or below the threshold. The cluster of pixels is isolated for analysis such that only neighboring pixels are considered while reducing the exposure.