Apparatus and method for blending multiple images
US8977073B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 2009 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T5/50
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus to blend a high dynamic range (HDR) image or a plurality of images captured with different exposure settings to multiple images, and a method thereof. A multiple image blender receives a high dynamic range (HDR) image or a plurality of images captured with different exposure settings, and controls setting of one or more areas of interest or setting of one or more gradation levels, and combines and blends the HDR image or the plurality of images captured with different exposure settings corresponding to each area of interest or at each gradation level, and generates at least one multi-exposure image.
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