Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient storage for production of high dynamic range images
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Application No.: US15827120Application Date: 2017-11-30
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Publication No.: US10467732B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Andrew Dewhurst
- Applicant: Apical Ltd
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Apical Limited
- Current Assignee: Apical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: EIP US LLP
- Priority: GB1509384.2 20150601
- Main IPC: G06T5/50
- IPC: G06T5/50 ; G06T5/00 ; H04N5/235 ; G06T5/40

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus and computer programs are provided for storing a set of sensor output images for multi-exposure high dynamic range processing to produce a processed image. The multi-exposure high dynamic range processing combines pixel values from one or more of the sensor output images to produce the processed image. In one example, a method comprises receiving from an image sensor a first sensor output image. The first sensor output image has a first exposure. The method also comprises receiving from the image sensor a second sensor output image. The second sensor output image has a second exposure different than the first exposure. First image pixels of the first sensor output image having pixel values which are unlikely to have a substantial contribution to the processed image are identified, and the amount of information stored in relation to the first image pixels is reduced on the basis of the identifying step.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180082408A1 EFFICIENT STORAGE FOR PRODUCTION OF HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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