Patent ID: 11889197
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one imaging sensor configured to capture multiple image frames during a multi-frame capture operation; and
at least one processing device configured to:
determine that two or more of the multiple image frames are available for selection as a reference frame, the two or more image frames associated with at least two different exposure levels;
determine whether a moving saturated region is present in the two or more image frames;
in response to determining that the moving saturated region is present, select an image frame from among the two or more image frames having a first exposure level; and
in response to determining that the moving saturated region is not present, select an image frame from among the two or more image frames having a second exposure level, the second exposure level longer than the first exposure level.