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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2015
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Martin Frank Clayton Van Hoeckel, Woodstock, CA;
Sung Ho Hong, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method of controlling a portable electronic device including a digital camera for setting automatic exposure and automatic white-balance values for capturing a digital image. The method includes identifying an available current for a main flash output of the digital camera for capturing the digital image, in response to determining that the available current for the main flash output is less than a full current value, identifying a corresponding current value for a preflash output based on the available current for the main flash output and setting the current value for the preflash output to the corresponding current value, actuating the preflash output utilizing the corresponding current value and receiving light at an image sensor, and based on the light received at the image sensor, setting automatic exposure and automatic white-balance values for use in capturing the digital image.