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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2021
Applicant:

Waymo Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andreas Wendel, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jeremy Dittmer, Mountain View, CA (US);

Brendan Hermalyn, San Francisco, CA (US);

Benjamin Ingram, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01);
Abstract

Example embodiments relate to multiple operating modes to expand dynamic range. An example embodiment includes a camera system. The camera system may include a first image sensor having a first dynamic range corresponding to a first range of luminance levels in a scene. The system may also include a second image sensor having a second dynamic range corresponding to a second range of luminance levels in the scene. The camera system may further include a processor coupled to the first image sensor and the second image sensor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to identify objects of a first type in a first image of the scene captured by the first image sensor and identify objects of a second object type in a second image of the scene captured by the second image sensor.


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