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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2004
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.


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