Patent ID: 9131201
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: applying, by a computing device, gain to a short-exposure image to form a virtual long-exposure image, wherein the short-exposure image was captured using a short total exposure time (TET), the virtual long-exposure image has a virtual long TET, and the virtual long TET is greater than the short TET; capturing a true long-exposure image using a true long TET, wherein the true long TET is substantially equal to the virtual long TET; copying color values of at least some pixels of the true long-exposure image to corresponding pixels of the virtual long-exposure image; and combining the short-exposure image and the virtual long-exposure image to form an output image, wherein more of the output image is properly-exposed than the short-exposure image, and wherein more of the output image is properly-exposed than the virtual long-exposure image.