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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Dan L. Dalton, Greeley, CO (US);
Andrew C. Goris, Loveland, CO (US);
Mark J. Bianchi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin W. Nay, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Dan L. Dalton, Greeley, CO (US);
Andrew C. Goris, Loveland, CO (US);
Mark J. Bianchi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Kevin W. Nay, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and device for adjusting white balance are disclosed herein. The method may comprise generating data representative of an image with and without the use of a strobe. The contribution of the strobe and the contribution of ambient light are on the data are calculated. Based, in part, on the contributions of the ambient light and the strobe, a weight is calculated. The weight is applied to the data in order to adjust the white balance.