Patent Document ID: 20070211308
Application ID: 10373408
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: (a) capturing an image with an image sensor, the image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels; (b) obtaining an output relating to the image from a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, wherein the first pixel is included within a sector of the array, the sector containing a plurality of pixels; and (c) normalizing the output from the first pixel to correlate with photon flux striking the image sensor, wherein normalizing the output from the first pixel comprises: (i) obtaining an output from each pixel in the sector; (ii) determining an average output value for each type of pixel in the sector; (iii) determining which of the average output values for the pixels in the sector is the highest; and (iv) assigning the highest average output value to each of the pixels in the sector.