Method, apparatus and system using hierarchical histogram for automatic exposure adjustment of an image

SC Hu - US Patent 7,800,657, 2010 - Google Patents
A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (" CMOS) imager is a low cost imaging device.
Typically, a CMOS imager includes a light sensor array composed of pixels. Light from a …

Noise enhanced histograms

T Lee - US Patent 10,748,262, 2020 - Google Patents
Apparatus for binning an input value into one of a plurality of bins which collectively
represent a histogram of input values, each of the plurality of bins representing a …

Noise enhanced histograms

T Lee - US Patent 9,697,594, 2017 - Google Patents
The processing pipelines of digital cameras frequently make use of histograms to
Summarise the frequency distri bution of parameters, such as exposure parameters …

Conditional content access

Y Glazner, A Stern - US Patent 10,511,611, 2019 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method comprises: in response to a request of a user device to
access first content, sending a challenge, relating to digital video included in second con …

Noise enhanced histograms

T Lee - US Patent 11,386,534, 2022 - Google Patents
Apparatus for binning an input value into one of a plurality of bins which collectively
represent a histogram of input values, each of the plurality of bins representing a …

Noise enhanced histograms

T Lee - US Patent 11,790,503, 2023 - Google Patents
Apparatus for binning an input value into one of a plurality of bins which collectively
represent a histogram of input values, each of the plurality of bins representing a …

Reconfigurable image processing hardware pipeline

MN Mody, N Nandan, R Sagar, S Dabral… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A reconfigurable image processing pipeline includes an image signal processor (ISP), a
control processor, and a local memory. ISP processes raw pixel data for a frame based on …

Efficient histogram generation

R Gudivada, P Koshy, A Ahuja - US Patent 8,229,218, 2012 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A processor generating a histogram of a set of data values receives a data
value, and sets a corresponding register in each of two sets of registers based respectively …

Method, apparatus and system using hierarchical histogram for automatic exposure adjustment of an image

SC Hu - US Patent 8,049,791, 2011 - Google Patents
An automatic exposure control circuit and a method forgen erating a hierarchical histogram
for exposure control. The control circuit and the method result in the generation of a …