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Mobile Electronic Device Having Camera With Improved Auto White Balance

  • US 20110211089A1
  • Filed: 02/26/2010
  • Published: 09/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an auto white balance system of a camera of a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

  • making a determination that a distance between the camera and a subject at least meets one of a number of predetermined distance thresholds;

    responsive to the detecting, imposing a particular constraint upon the correlated color temperature that may be employed by the auto white balance in processing an image, the particular constraint being selected based at least in part upon the one of a number of predetermined distance thresholds; and

    subjecting the image to the auto white balance system as constrained by the particular constraint.

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