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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Noam Sorek, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Ilya Vitsnudel, Even Yehuda, IL;
Inventors:
Noam Sorek, Zichron Yaacov, IL;
Ilya Vitsnudel, Even Yehuda, IL;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for enhancing imaging in low light conditions. The method comprises acquiring two or more images, long images relating to long exposure times and a short images relating to short exposure times; processing the images to separate zones with high image details from zones of low image details; and reconstructing a final image where image information is selected from the short image in zones with high image details and from the long image in zones with low image details.