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

Claim 10:
11. A video camera device, comprising:
one or more processors;
an image sensor;
memory comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure the video camera device to:
while operating in a high dynamic range-mode (HDR-mode):
capture a first subset of video data with a first exposure time; and
capture a second subset of the video data with a second exposure time that is lower than the first exposure time;

combine the first subset of the video data and the second subset of the video data to generate an HDR frame;
determine whether pixels of a particular color in the HDR frame originated from the second subset of the video data;
determine 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, operate the video camera device in a non-HDR mode.