Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low-power auto-exposure control (AEC) for multi-sensor systems
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Application No.: US16118232Application Date: 2018-08-30
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Publication No.: US10742897B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Victor Chan , Edwin Chongwoo Park
- Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP/QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Main IPC: H04N5/243
- IPC: H04N5/243 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/247 ; G06T7/62 ; G06K9/32

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for exposure control are described, including capturing a first and second field of view with a first and second sensor. The techniques may include identifying a brightness difference and an exposure time difference between the first and second sensor, and capturing a first image and a second image, and outputting a third image including both the first and second image. Techniques may include determining an exposure bias, identifying a hypothesis total gain for the first sensor and a peer sensor total gain for the second sensor, and selecting a total gain for each sensor based on comparing the hypothesis total gain and the peer sensor total gain, and based on a maximum brightness difference between the two sensors. The total gain for each sensor may be adjusted to satisfy the maximum brightness difference and the exposure bias, or based on a region of interest.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200077033A1 LOW-POWER AUTO-EXPOSURE CONTROL (AEC) FOR MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2020-03-05
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