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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Wayne E. Prentice, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Inventor:
Wayne E. Prentice, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for improving the dynamic range of a captured digital image, the method includes the steps of acquiring at a first and second image each at different effective exposures; computing from the first and second images a linear exposure shift; applying the exposure shift to the first image to match relative effective exposure of the second image; and computing a single high dynamic range image from the first and second images.