AUTO EXPOSURE METERING FOR SPHERICAL PANORAMIC CONTENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210289118A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US16817074

    申请日:2020-03-12

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: Auto exposure metering is adapted for spherical panoramic content. Using input image data, a first metering map is generated for a selected image sensor and a second metering map is generated for an unselected image sensor. Auto exposure level values for the selected image sensor and for the unselected image sensor are respectively metered using the first metering map and the second metering map, such as by adjusting luminance weights in certain locations of the respective image sensor panoramic image capture band. Hemispherical images are processed using the auto exposure metered level values and stitched together in a panoramic format to produce a spherical panoramic image. The metering maps are generated to account for areas of greatest image data importance relative to a primary orientation direction of the spherical panoramic image. This allows for effective auto exposure metering of such areas within the resulting spherical panoramic image.

    SCENE CLASSIFICATION FOR IMAGE PROCESSING
    12.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190095713A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16142608

    申请日:2018-09-26

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: Image analysis includes obtaining, from an image signal processor, image processing information corresponding to a previously processed image, obtaining scene classification information for an input image based on the image processing information, generating a processed image by processing the input image based on the scene classification information, and outputting the processed image. The image processing information includes automatic white balance correction information and obtaining the scene classification information includes obtaining the scene classification information based on the automatic white balance correction information.

    Auto exposure for spherical images
    13.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12212823B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18388472

    申请日:2023-11-09

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: Auto exposure processing for spherical images improves image quality by reducing visible exposure level variation along a stitch line within a spherical image. An average global luminance value is determined based on luminance values determined for first and second images, which are based on auto exposure configurations of first and second image sensors used to obtain those first and second images. Delta luminance values are determined for the first and second images using the average global luminance value. The first and second images are then updated using the delta luminance values, and the updated first and second images are used to produce a spherical image.

    AUTOMATED CAMERA MODE SELECTION
    15.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240015397A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18369996

    申请日:2023-09-19

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N23/667 H04N23/71 H04N23/681 H04N23/741

    Abstract: A camera mode to use for capturing an image or video is selected by estimating high dynamic range (HDR), motion, and light intensity with respect to a scene of the image or video to capture. An image capture device includes a HDR estimation unit to detect whether HDR is present in a scene of an image to capture, a motion estimation unit to determine whether motion is detected within the scene, and a light intensity estimation unit to determine whether a scene luminance for the scene meets a threshold. A mode selection unit selects a camera mode to use for capturing the image based on output of the HDR estimation unit, the motion estimation unit, and the light intensity estimation unit. An image sensor captures the image according to the selected camera mode.

    Auto exposure for spherical images
    17.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11825179B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17713606

    申请日:2022-04-05

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: Auto exposure processing for spherical images improves image quality by reducing visible exposure level variation along a stitch line within a spherical image. An average global luminance value is determined based on auto exposure configurations of first and second image sensors. Delta luminance values are determined for each of the image sensors based on the average global luminance value and a luminance variance between the image sensors. The auto exposure configurations of the image sensors are then updated using the delta luminance values, and the updated auto exposure configurations are used to capture images which are then combined to produce the spherical image. In some cases wherein updating the auto exposure configurations using the delta luminance values would breach a threshold representing a target luminosity for the scene, the use of the delta luminance values may be limited or those values may instead be discarded.

    Automated camera mode selection
    18.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11785339B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17872529

    申请日:2022-07-25

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04N23/667 H04N23/681 H04N23/71 H04N23/741

    Abstract: A camera mode to use for capturing an image or video is selected by estimating high dynamic range (HDR), motion, and light intensity with respect to a scene of the image or video to capture. An image capture device includes a HDR estimation unit to detect whether HDR is present in a scene of an image to capture, a motion estimation unit to determine whether motion is detected within the scene, and a light intensity estimation unit to determine whether a scene luminance for the scene meets a threshold. A mode selection unit selects a camera mode to use for capturing the image based on output of the HDR estimation unit, the motion estimation unit, and the light intensity estimation unit. An image sensor captures the image according to the selected camera mode.

    AUTO EXPOSURE METERING FOR SPHERICAL PANORAMIC CONTENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220141370A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-05

    申请号:US17521120

    申请日:2021-11-08

    Applicant: GoPro, Inc.

    Abstract: Auto exposure metering is adapted for spherical panoramic content. Using input image data, a first metering map is generated for a selected image sensor and a second metering map is generated for an unselected image sensor. Auto exposure level values for the selected image sensor and for the unselected image sensor are respectively metered using the first metering map and the second metering map, such as by adjusting luminance weights in certain locations of the respective image sensor panoramic image capture band. Hemispherical images are processed using the auto exposure metered level values and stitched together in a panoramic format to produce a spherical panoramic image. The metering maps are generated to account for areas of greatest image data importance relative to a primary orientation direction of the spherical panoramic image. This allows for effective auto exposure metering of such areas within the resulting spherical panoramic image.

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