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Method and system of adaptably detecting dirt, occlusion and smudge on camera lens and image sensor

US12380548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 2023
Grant dateAug 5, 2025
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2044

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of adaptably detecting dirt, occlusion and smudge on camera lens and image sensor includes capturing an image; subjecting original pixels of the image to sampling to result in sampled pixels; excluding outliers of the sampled pixels to result in retained pixels; obtaining an average value of the retained pixels; obtaining a tolerance value according to luminance values of the retained pixels; generating a threshold value for determining dirt, occlusion and smudge on camera lens and image sensor in the image according to the tolerance value and the average value of the retained pixels; and comparing a luminance value of at least one pixel of the image with a corresponding threshold value.

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