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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Ming Jiang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

BO Zhang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Brett Nottingham, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ming Jiang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Bo Zhang, Milpitas, CA (US);

Brett Nottingham, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G03B 7/08 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); G03B 7/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for An image capture device for Automatic White Balance (AWB) are provided. The device includes a camera for capturing an image, a primary sensor for sensing environmental conditions of the image capture device and for generating data regarding the environmental conditions, a plurality of supplementary sensors for sensing the environmental conditions of the image capture device and for generating supplementary data regarding the environmental conditions, an AWB unit for performing an AWB operation on the captured image according to the generated data and the generated supplementary data, and a controller for controlling the camera, the primary sensor, the plurality of supplementary sensors and the AWB unit.


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