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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:
Oct. 26, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:

Andrew C. Gallagher, Brockport, NY (US);

Nathan D. Cahill, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Gabriel Fielding, Rochester, NY (US);

Lawrence A. Ray, Rochester, NY (US);

Edward B. Gindele, Rochester, NY (US);

Inventors:

Andrew C. Gallagher, Brockport, NY (US);

Nathan D. Cahill, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Gabriel Fielding, Rochester, NY (US);

Lawrence A. Ray, Rochester, NY (US);

Edward B. Gindele, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of adjusting exposure of a digital camera based on range information, including a digital camera capturing a first digital image at a selected exposure of a scene having objects; providing range information having two or more range values indicating the distance from the digital camera to objects in the scene; using the range information and pixel values of the captured digital image to determine an exposure adjustment amount for the selected exposure; and applying the exposure adjustment amount to the digital image to produce a second digital image with adjusted exposure.


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