Exposure control using depth information
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsJohannes Elg, Fredrik Mattisson, Jonas Gustavsson, Daniel Linåker
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Abstract
The invention is directed to exposure control in a camera. An exemplary method comprises determining depth information associated with a portion of an image frame; obtaining exposure data associated with the portion of the image frame; and controlling an amount of exposure for the portion of the image frame based on the depth information and the exposure data.
Claims15
A method for exposure control in a camera, the method comprising:
- determining depth information associated with a portion of an image frame;
- obtaining exposure data associated with the portion of the image frame;
- and
- controlling an amount of exposure for the portion of the image frame based on the depth information and the exposure data.
A system for exposure control, the system comprising:
- a camera;
- a memory;
- a processor;
- a module, stored in the memory, executable by the processor, and configured to:
- determine depth information associated with a portion of an image frame;
- obtain exposure data associated with the portion of the image frame;
- and
- control an amount of exposure for the portion of the image frame based on the depth information and the exposure data.
A computer program product for exposure control, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code configured to:
- determine depth information associated with a portion of an image frame;
- obtain exposure data associated with the portion of the image frame;
- and
- control an amount of exposure for the portion of the image frame based on the depth information and the exposure data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.