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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2008
Sung-su Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-su Chung, Seoul, KR;
Byoung-ho Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-su Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Dae-su Chung, Seoul, KR;
Byoung-ho Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-Si, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of capturing images having an optimized quality during night time conditions is provided. The apparatus for capturing images includes an image-capturing unit that captures an light from an object and generates a first digital image, a night-scene-sensing unit sensing whether the first digital image is a night-scene image, an exposure-adjustment unit adjusting an optimized exposure time by comparing an edge level of the night-scene image with that of a pre-generated reference image if it is sensed that the input image is the night-scene image, and a controller controlling the image-capturing unit to generate a second digital image based on the adjusted exposure time.