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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Piyush Sharma, San Diego, CA (US);

Chao Jia, Austin, TX (US);

Ramin Rezaiifar, Del Mar, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3537 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, devices, and computer program products for capturing images with reduced blurriness in low light conditions are contained herein. In one aspect, a method of capturing an image is disclosed. The method includes capturing a plurality of first images with a first exposure length. The method further includes aligning each of the plurality of first images with each other and combining the aligned plurality of first images into a combined first image. The method further includes capturing a second image with a second exposure length, wherein the second exposure length is longer than the first exposure length and using the second image to adjust the brightness of the combined first image.


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