Patent ID: 8804045

Claim:
A set-top box, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising: receiving video content from a multimedia source; detecting a frame in the video content affected by a high intensity burst of light, wherein the affected frame has a luminance greater than a reference luminance; determining a chrominance reference comprising a collection of respective measurements of chrominance of a plurality of objects in frames in the video content unaffected by the high intensity burst of light, wherein the unaffected frames each have a luminance less than the reference luminance; modifying chrominance of objects in the affected frame according to the chrominance reference without altering spatial characteristics of the objects in the affected frame to produce a modified frame; replacing the affected frame with the modified frame to create updated video content; and presenting the updated video content at a presentation device.