Automatic white balance statistics collection
US7912279B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 26, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6088
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Automatic white balance of captured images can be performed based on a gray world assumption. One aspect relates to an apparatus comprising a collection module and a processor. The collection module is configured to accumulate (a) red/green and blue/green color ratio values of a plurality of pixels in a captured image for each cluster of a plurality of clusters and (b) a number of pixels having red/green and blue/green color ratios associated with each cluster, the clusters comprising daylight, fluorescent, incandescent, and a outdoor green zone. The processor is configured to determine which cluster has a highest accumulated number of pixels, and use the cluster with the highest accumulated number of pixels to perform white balancing for the captured image.
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