Patent ID: 11902657
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed at a video camera device having memory, one or more processors, and an image sensor, the method comprising:
while operating in a high dynamic range-mode (HDR-mode):
capturing a first subset of video data with a first exposure time; and
capturing a second subset of the video data with a second exposure time that is lower than the first exposure time;

combining the first subset of the video data and the second subset of the video data to generate an HDR frame;
determining whether pixels of a particular color in the HDR frame originated from the second subset of the video data;
determining that a first number of pixels meets one or more first criteria; and
based on the first number of pixels meeting the one or more first criteria, operating the video camera device in a non-HDR mode.