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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Reza Safaee-rad, Etobicoke, CA;
Milivoje Aleksic, Richmond Hill, CA;
Reza Safaee-Rad, Etobicoke, CA;
Milivoje Aleksic, Richmond Hill, CA;
ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method includes determining white balance calibration color ratios for a plurality of illumination sources by using a representative camera of a given type to establish a set of ratios. Because the ratios are fixed for the given camera type, a plurality of cameras of the type may store the fixed ratios, and calibrate by measuring only the reference illumination source. Later white balancing is achieved by using the measured reference illumination source color ratios and the stored fixed ratios as scaling factors to map from the reference illumination source to any other illumination source. The method includes an off-line advance calibration procedure to obtain the fixed ratios, an on-line per camera calibration procedure to obtain color ratios for the reference source, and subsequent white balancing which uses the fixed ratios/scaling factors and the reference source color ratios.