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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Jan Klijn, Breda, NL;
Johan Schirris, Veldhoven, DE;
Piet Dielhof, Balen, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an image pickup apparatus () comprising an image pickup means () for forming a plurality of image signals (S,L) having different exposure conditions, combining means for combining said plurality of image signals (L,S) to form a combined image signal having an extended dynamic range, further comprising display and/or recording means () for displaying and/or recording said combined image signal, further comprising a function module () correcting at least one of the image signals (L,S) in order to achieve a smooth transition between the image signals (S, L) at a transition point.