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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:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Roei Remez, Tel Aviv, IL;

Refael Della Pergola, Jerusalem, IL;

Dror Leshem, Maale Efraim, IL;

Yuval Tsur, Tel Aviv, IL;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/74 (2023.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/74 (2023.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for spatially controlling illumination provided by a flash module. The flash module includes a flash controller that controls light emitters of an emitter array according to an illumination profile. The illumination profile is selected to reduce a relative brightness to a target region of the flash module's field of illumination. The target region is associated with a portion of a target object identified in the field of illumination. In some instances, the target region corresponds to a portion of a user's eye that is positioned within the field of illumination. In other instances, the flash module is incorporated into a device, and the target region corresponds to a reflected image of a portion of the device that is positioned within the field of illumination.


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