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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Moriya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/361 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/735 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); H04N 5/235 (2013.01); H04N 5/3572 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01); H04N 5/3658 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing method includes: receiving a captured image, determining block statistics which indicates image characteristics of each of a plurality of blocks by using the plurality of blocks obtained by dividing the captured image determining a shading estimation coefficient to be applied to the captured image by using the determined block statistics and an amount of infrared light included in a light source, and correcting shading of the captured image by using the determined shading estimation coefficient.