Apparatus and method for image mosiacking under low-light conditions
US9392185B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/80
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for mosaicking a plurality of images captured in a low-light condition are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an image capturing module, a flash module, a computer-readable medium and a processor. The processor executes a plurality of instructions stored on the computer-readable medium. The operations include determining a spacing between each one of the plurality of images, capturing the plurality of images in accordance with the spacing, aligning the plurality of images that are captured and mosaicking the plurality of images that are aligned into a single image by, for each one of the plurality of images, replacing one or more pixels in the respective flash spot region using one or more pixels in a subsequent image that is in a same location as the respective flash spot region such that the information is recovered.
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