Patent ID: 9396571
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing light sources found in images, the method comprising: combining, by one or more processors, a base image of a scene with N additional images of the scene to form a composite image comprising M discrete light sources, wherein the scene in the base image is exposed to ambient light, wherein the scene of the base image is exposed, in each of the N additional images, to the ambient light and to at least one discrete light source to which the base image is not exposed, wherein the M discrete light sources in the composite image include the discrete light sources to which the scene is exposed in the N additional images, wherein the base image and the N additional images are photographic images, wherein N is at least 2, and wherein M is at least N; and displaying, by the one or more processors, the composite image on a display device, wherein the displayed composite image depicts a region surrounding each discrete light source and having an area that correlates with an intensity of light emitted by the discrete light source surrounded by the region, wherein each region is specific to and different for each individual light source surrounded by said each region, and wherein the intensity of light is the intensity at the discrete light source where the light is emitted.