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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Choon Hwee Yap, Singapore, SG;
John M Baron, Longmont, CO (US);
Choon Hwee Yap, Singapore, SG;
John M Baron, Longmont, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In a method for processing an image, a scene to be captured is divided into multiple zones and statistical values for a plurality of the multiple zones are obtained. In addition, a short-exposure time and a long-exposure time from the statistical values of the plurality of zones are determined. A long-exposure frame is captured at the long-exposure time and a short-exposure frame is captured at the short-exposure time. The long-exposure frame and the short-exposure frame are combined into a combined image while correcting for motion estimated to have occurred between the long-exposure frame and the short-exposure frame, and the combined image is stored.