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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Frank Doepke, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Frank Doepke, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 9/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 9/68 (2013.01);
Abstract
In personal electronic devices including digital imaging capability, methods, devices and computer readable media are described for determining when image capture operations may benefit from using high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) operations. In general, techniques are disclosed for analyzing an image's luminosity and/or color/tonal histograms to automatically determine when HDRI operations can benefit scene capture. If the determination that HDRI operations can improve scene capture, the user is so notified.