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Operating a device to capture high dynamic range images

  • US 8,885,978 B2
  • Filed: 09/03/2010
  • Issued: 11/11/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory machine readable medium of a device that captures images, the medium storing a program that when executed by at least one processing unit captures an image of a high dynamic range (HDR) scene, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

  • capturing lighting conditions of the HDR scene;

    capturing and storing, upon the device entering an HDR mode, a plurality of images at a first exposure level;

    capturing, upon receiving a command to capture the HDR scene, a first image at a second exposure level and a second image at a third exposure level;

    selecting a third image from the captured plurality of images at the first exposure level; and

    compositing the first, second, and third images to produce a composite image of the HDR scene;

    wherein the first exposure level, second exposure level, and third exposure level are based on the captured lighting conditions.

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