Method and/or apparatus for implementing high dynamic range image processing in a video processing system
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a scaling circuit configured to generate a plurality of scaled frames each having a plurality of pixels with a first exposure in response to a first subset of a plurality of frames generated by a sensor;
a luma circuit configured to generate an average luminance value for each of a plurality of pixels having a second exposure in each of a second subset of said plurality of frames generated by said sensor; and
a blending circuit configured to generate a plurality of output frames, wherein (A) each of said pixels of said output frames are selected in response to one of said average luminance values and (B) portions of each of said output frames provide a gradual linear blend between said pixels having said first exposure and said pixels having said second exposure.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a scaling circuit, a luma circuit and a blending circuit. The scaling circuit may generate a plurality of scaled frames in response to a first plurality of frames generated by a sensor. The first plurality of frames may have a first exposure. The luma circuit may generate an average luminance value for each of a plurality of processed pixels in each of a second of the plurality of frames generated by the sensor. The second of the plurality of frames may have a second exposure and each of the average luminance values is calculated based on a plurality of neighboring pixels in a neighborhood of the processed pixel.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a scaling circuit configured to generate a plurality of scaled frames each having a plurality of pixels with a first exposure in response to a first subset of a plurality of frames generated by a sensor; a luma circuit configured to generate an average luminance value for each of a plurality of pixels having a second exposure in each of a second subset of said plurality of frames generated by said sensor; and a blending circuit configured to generate a plurality of output frames, wherein (A) each of said pixels of said output frames are selected in response to one of said average luminance values and (B) portions of each of said output frames provide a gradual linear blend between said pixels having said first exposure and said pixels having said second exposure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of scaled frames each having a plurality of pixels with a first exposure in response to a first subset of a plurality of frames generated by a sensor; means for generating an average luminance value for each of a plurality of pixels having a second exposure in each of a second subset of said plurality of frames generated by said sensor; and means for generating a plurality of output frames, wherein (A) each of said pixels of said output frames are selected in response to one of said average luminance values and (B) portions of each of said output frames provide a gradual linear blend between said pixels having said first exposure and said pixels having said second exposure.
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14. A method for implementing high dynamic range image processing, comprising the steps of:
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(A) generating a plurality of scaled frames each having a plurality of pixels with a first exposure in response to a first subset of a plurality of frames generated by a sensor; (B) generating an average luminance value for each of a plurality of pixels having a second exposure in each of a second subset of said plurality of frames generated by said sensor; and (C) generating a plurality of output frames, wherein (i) each of said pixels of said output frames are selected in response to one of said average luminance values and (ii) portions of each of said output frames provide a gradual linear blend between said pixels having said first exposure and said pixels having said second exposure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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