Apparatus and method for removing blooming of camera image
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1. A method for removing blooming of a camera image, the method comprising:
- detecting a lane marking from an image obtained by photographing a front view or a rear view of a car;
determining whether the blooming is generated in the image when the lane marking is not normally detected; and
generating a mask for removing the blooming and superposing the mask on the blooming of the image when it is determined that the blooming is generated,wherein the determining of whether the blooming is generated comprises scanning pixels of the image and determining that the blooming is generated when at least a predetermined percentage of the scanned pixels have luminance levels higher than a luminance reference level.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for removing blooming of a camera image are provided. When a lane marking is not normally detected from an image obtained by photographing a front view or a rear view of a car, it is determined whether the blooming is generated in the image. When it is determined that the blooming is generated, a mask for removing the blooming is generated and superposed on the image. Accordingly, a situation that the lane marking is not normally detected due to the blooming caused by a head light of a car can be reduced or prevented in advance.
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1. A method for removing blooming of a camera image, the method comprising:
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detecting a lane marking from an image obtained by photographing a front view or a rear view of a car; determining whether the blooming is generated in the image when the lane marking is not normally detected; and generating a mask for removing the blooming and superposing the mask on the blooming of the image when it is determined that the blooming is generated, wherein the determining of whether the blooming is generated comprises scanning pixels of the image and determining that the blooming is generated when at least a predetermined percentage of the scanned pixels have luminance levels higher than a luminance reference level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for removing blooming of a camera image, the apparatus comprising:
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a signal processor configured to detect a lane marking from an image obtained by photographing a front view or a rear view of a car; a luminance detector configured to detect a luminance of the image; a mask generator configured to generate a mask; and a controller configured to confirm whether the blooming is detected by the luminance detector when the signal processor does not normally detect the lane marking, and generate the mask for removing the blooming and superpose the mask on blooming of the image through the mask generator when the blooming being detected is confirmed, wherein the controller determines that the blooming is detected when the luminance detector detects at least a predetermined percentage of pixels having luminance levels higher than a luminance reference level. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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