Apparatus and method for eliminating glare
AssigneeAvermedia Information, Inc.
InventorsChun-Wei LU, Chi-Fa HSU, Te-Wei HUANG
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for eliminating glare are disclosed, wherein this method includes steps as follow. First, a first image is captured from an object when a first light source radiates light and a second light source is turned off, and a second image is captured from the object when the first light source is turned off and the second light source radiates light, wherein the first and second light sources are separate from each other. Then, a first glaring area is removed from the first image to create a first modified image, and a second glaring area is removed from the second image to create a second modified image. Then, the first and second modified images are merged to create a merged image.
Claims9
An apparatus for eliminating glare, the apparatus comprising:
- a first light source;
- a second light source being separate from the first light source;
- an image-capturing device for capturing a first image from an object when the first light source radiates light and a second light source is turned off, and for capturing a second image from the object when the first light source is turned off and the second light source radiates light;
- an image-processing unit for removing a first glaring area from the first image to create a first modified image, and for removing a second glaring area from the second image to create a second modified image;
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- an image-merging unit for merging the first and second modified images to create a merged image.
A method for eliminating glare, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) capturing a first image from an object when a first light source radiates light and a second light source is turned off, and capturing a second image from the object when the first light source is turned off and the second light source radiates light, wherein the first and second light sources are separate from each other;
- (b) removing a first glaring area from the first image to create a first modified image, and removing a second glaring area from the second image to create a second modified image;
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- (c) merging the first and second modified images to create a merged image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.