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US 12,541,937 B2Granted
Image acquisition apparatus and method of operating the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorWoo-Shik Kim
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Abstract
An image acquisition apparatus includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of first image sensors that are based on a wavelength band of 380 nm to 780 nm; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: acquire common illumination information from an image output from at least one of the plurality of first image sensors, and color-convert an image output from each of the plurality of first image sensors based on the common illumination information.
Claims19
An image acquisition apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit comprising a plurality of first image sensors that are based on a wavelength band of 380 nm to 780 nm;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- acquire common illumination information from an image output from at least one of the plurality of first image sensors, and
- color-convert an image output from each of the plurality of first image sensors based on the common illumination information,
- wherein the at least one processor, when acquiring the common illumination information, is configured to:
- acquire individual illumination information with respect to each image output from the plurality of first image sensors;
- overlay the individual illumination information based on a positional relationship between pixels in the individual illumination information;
- and
- acquire the common illumination information from the overlaid individual illumination information.
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An image acquisition method comprising:
- acquiring images from a plurality of first image sensors that are based on a wavelength band of 380 nm to 780 nm;
- acquiring common illumination information from an image output from at least one of the plurality of first image sensors;
- and
- color-converting the image output from each of the plurality of first image sensors based on the common illumination information,
- wherein the acquiring common illumination information comprises:
- acquiring individual illumination information with respect to each image output from the plurality of first image sensors;
- overlaying the individual illumination information based on a positional relationship between pixels in the individual illumination information;
- and
- acquiring the common illumination information from the overlaid individual illumination information.
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