US 11,917,307 B2
Image signal processing pipelines for high dynamic range sensors
Animesh Khemka, Fremont, CA (US); and Sean Midthun Pieper, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/151,252.
Application 18/151,252 is a continuation of application No. 17/461,750, filed on Aug. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,582,431.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141489 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 19/149 (2014.01)
CPC H04N 23/843 (2023.01) [H04N 19/149 (2014.11)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
decompressing a compressed image according to a power curve to generate a partially decompressed image comprising at least two decompression levels, wherein the compressed image is decompressed to a third bit-depth from a second bit-depth that is lower than a first bit-depth at which the image was generated to produce the partially decompressed image, wherein the third bit-depth is lower than the first bit-depth and higher than the second bit-depth.