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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2009
Alexandru Drimbarean, Galway, IE;
Adrian Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
Felix Albu, Bucharest, RO;
Vlad Poenaru, Bucharest, RO;
Corneliu Florea, Bucharest, RO;
Petronel Bigioi, Galway, IE;
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
Alexandru Drimbarean, Galway, IE;
Adrian Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
Felix Albu, Bucharest, RO;
Vlad Poenaru, Bucharest, RO;
Corneliu Florea, Bucharest, RO;
Petronel Bigioi, Galway, IE;
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A method of combining image data from multiple frames to enhance one or more parameters of video image quality includes acquiring a first image at a first exposure duration, as well as acquiring a second image at a second exposure duration shorter than the first exposure duration and at a time just before, just after or overlapping in time with acquiring the first image, such that the first and second images include approximately a same first scene. In this way, the second image is relatively sharp and under-exposed, while the first image is relatively well-exposed and less sharp than the second image. Brightness and/or color information are extracted from the first image and applied to the second image to generate an enhanced version of the second image.