Processing images having color and panchromatic pixels
US7769229B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/8053
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of processing an array of pixels captured by an image capture device, having a first two-dimensional array of pixels from the image capture device, some of which are color pixels, and some of which are panchromatic pixels; determining in response to ambient lighting conditions, whether panchromatic pixels are to be combined with color pixels; combining pixels to produce a second two-dimensional array of pixels which has fewer pixels than the first two-dimensional array of pixels; and correcting the color pixels.
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