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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:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ruben Manuel Velarde, Chula Vista, CA (US);

Nathaniel Jay Tobias Salazar, San Diego, CA (US);

Szepo Robert Hung, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Sandeep Dhar, San Diego, CA (US);

Hengzhou Ding, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G03B 15/03 (2006.01); G03B 15/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); G03B 15/03 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0503 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0567 (2013.01); G03B 2215/0571 (2013.01);
Abstract

Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for color temperature analysis and matching. For example, three or more camera flash LEDs of different output colors can be used to match any of a range of ambient color temperatures in a non-linear space on the black body curve. The scene color temperature can be analyzed in a preliminary image by determining actual sensor R/G and B/G ratios, enabling more accurate matching of foreground flash lighting to background lighting by the reference illuminant for subsequent white balance processing. The current provided to, and therefore brightness emitted from, each LED can be individually controlled based on the determined sensor response to provide a dynamic and adaptive mix of the output colors of the LEDs.


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