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Apparatus and method for removing blooming of camera image

  • US 8,208,022 B2
  • Filed: 06/04/2009
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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