Patent ID: 9602735
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: capturing a test image, the test image captured using a predefined exposure value; determining a brightness level of one or more regions of the test image, wherein each region of the one or more regions comprises at least a portion of the test image that is defined by a predefined number of pixels, the predefined number of pixels of each region of the one or more regions determined based on a number of photo detectors of an image sensor used to capture the test image; generating brightness data representing the brightness level of each region of the one or more regions of the test image; determining a maximum brightness level for each region of the one or more regions of the test image based on the brightness data and compositional criteria, the compositional criteria comprising awareness data for determining what a scene of the test image comprises, the awareness data comprising: determining an exposure value of a final digital image to be captured based on the maximum brightness level determined for each region of the one or more regions of the test image, the final digital image having regions such that each region of the final digital image has a brightness level equal to or less than the determined maximum brightness level; and capturing at least one final digital image according to the determined exposure value.