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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2023
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Jeong Yong Song, Icheon-si, KR;

Dong Gyun Kim, Icheon-si, KR;

Jae Yoon Yoo, Icheon-si, KR;

Bo Ra Lee, Icheon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); H04N 5/52 (2006.01); H04N 23/86 (2023.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/86 (2023.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); H04N 5/52 (2013.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01);
Abstract

An image processing device including: a gain value manager for generating white gain values corresponding to a plurality of positions, based on a sensing result of a predetermined white image; a target pixel manager for detecting saturated pixels, based on pixel values received from an external device, and determining target pixels as saturated white pixels of which each have a pixel value that indicates that the saturated white pixel is saturated, based on peripheral pixels of the saturated white pixels among the detected saturated pixels; and a target pixel corrector for changing pixel values of the target pixels, based on the white gain values and pixel values of the peripheral pixels.


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