Image acquisition method and apparatus

P Corcoran, E Steinberg, P Bigioi… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
An image acquisition sensor of a digital image acquisition apparatus is coupled to imaging
optics for acquiring a sequence of images. Images acquired by the sensor are stored. A …

Low-light video frame enhancement

A Drimbarean, A Zamfir, F Albu, V Poenaru… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
A method of combining image data from multiple frames to enhance one or more parameters
of video image quality includes acquiring a first image at a first exposure duration, as well as …

Method of determining PSF using multiple instances of a nominally similar scene

E Steinberg, P Corcoran, Y Prilutsky - US Patent 7,636,486, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A digital image acquisition system includes a portable appa ratus for
capturing digital images and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and …

Image processing method and apparatus

F Albu, E Steinberg, A Drimbarean, C Florea… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for providing image processing. For one embodiment of the
invention, an image processing apparatus is arranged to process a first relatively …

Image processing method and apparatus

F Albu, A Zamfir - US Patent 8,989,516, 2015 - Google Patents
An image processing apparatus is arranged to process a first relatively underexposed and
sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally …

Method and apparatus for initiating subsequent exposures based on determination of motion blurring artifacts

E Steinberg, P Corcoran, Y Prilutsky - US Patent 7,639,888, 2009 - Google Patents
(65) Prior Publication Data image captures and informing the photographer regarding
motion blur, and for reducing camera motion blur in an image US 2006/OO98237 A1 May …

Method of notifying users regarding motion artifacts based on image analysis

E Steinberg, P Corcoran, Y Prilutsky - US Patent 7,639,889, 2009 - Google Patents
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Clear path detection using an example-based approach

W Zhang, Q Wu, T Chen - US Patent 8,803,966, 2014 - Google Patents
A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle using a current image generated by
a camera includes defining an exemplary clear path for each of a plurality of sample images …

Handheld article with movement discrimination

C Florea, F Albu, A Zamfir, A Drimbarean - US Patent 7,773,118, 2010 - Google Patents
A digital camera has a pair of angular rate-sensing gyroscopic sensors with mutually
perpendicular axes and an electronic circuit responsive to the sensor output signals to …

Method of determining PSF using multiple instances of nominally scene

E Steinberg, P Corcoran, Y Prilutsky - US Patent 7,660,478, 2010 - Google Patents
A digital image acquisition system includes a portable apparatus for capturing digital images
and a digital processing component for detecting, analyzing and informing the photographer …