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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:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Todd Stephen Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard L. Baer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Xuemel Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dwight Poplin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventors:
Todd Stephen Sachs, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard L. Baer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Xuemel Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dwight Poplin, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
After image capture, scene parameters are analyzed, e.g. lux, flicker, or world estimation. A best guess illuminant for the scene parameters is determined. At this point, the white balancing coefficients corresponding to that illuminant may be applied.