Patent ID: 11889033
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions to capture the plurality of images at the plurality of exposures further comprise instructions to:
(1) capture a first image of the plurality of images at a first exposure such that a brightest pixel value in the first image is barely above a noise floor level, wherein the first image captured at the first exposure guarantees that a flare source causing the one or more flare artifacts is not saturated in the first image;
(2) store the captured image to an image stack;
(3) calculate a mean value of a subset of pixel values in a last captured image and determining whether the mean value of the subset of pixel values is greater than a certain threshold value;
(4) in response to determining that the mean value of the subset of pixel values is lower than the certain threshold value, increase the first exposure by a predetermined factor for capturing a subsequent image of the plurality of images;
(5) capture the subsequent image of the plurality of images at the increased exposure; and
(6) repeat steps (2)-(5) until the mean value of the subset of pixel values in the last captured image is greater than the certain threshold value.