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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Sathyanarayanan Karivaradaswamy, Sammamish, WA (US);
Wenjie Shi, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ziran Wu, Pomona, CA (US);
Onji Bae, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Jeffrey Ajax, Bellevue, WA (US);
Naveen Thumpudi, Redmond, WA (US);
Karthik Elangovan, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew Wathen Quirk, Seattle, WA (US);
Mei Ling Wilson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method of providing environmental information to an electronic device includes, at the electronic device, receiving ambient light from a surrounding environment of the electronic device with one or more camera sensors in data communication with a processor and capturing a raw pattern with the camera sensor, wherein the raw pattern includes light intensity information and light spectrum information. The method further includes deriving at least one ambient light value from the light intensity information and light spectrum information and providing the ambient light value to the processor of the electronic device.