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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1996
Toshiki Miyano, Yokohama, JP;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an auto white balance adjusting device which can appropriately adjust the white balance. A brightest block searching circuit (8) obtains blocks having block representative values, each R,G,B component of which is greater than a respective predetermined threshold value, and selects the brightest one out of the obtained blocks. A brightest block average value calculating circuit (9) obtains an average of the block representative values distributed in the image signal area of a chromaticity near to that of the brightest block. This brightest block average value is thought to be highly influenced by a predominant light source in taking the picture. The white balance can be appropriately adjusted by using this value, irrespective of the kinds of light sources.
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