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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Cheng-Sheng Hsu, Waterloo, CA;
Martin Frank Clayton Van Hoeckel, Woodstock, CA;
Joey Shah, Cambridge, CA;
Sung Ho Hong, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
An electronic device is described. The electronic device includes a flash configured to generate a pre-flash and a regular flash and a camera. The electronic device also includes a processor communicatively coupled to the flash and the camera. The processor is configured to, in response to receiving a picture request: determine one or more high dynamic range (HDR) settings and configure an HDR mode of the camera with the determined HDR settings; cause the flash to generate a pre-flash while the HDR mode of the camera is configured with the determined HDR settings; obtain an HDR image from the camera after causing the flash to generate the pre-flash and while the camera is configured with the determined HDR setting; and determine one or more camera configuration settings based on the obtained HDR image.