US 12,231,780 B2
System and method for flicker avoidance in multi-frame multi-exposure image captures
Nguyen Thang Long Le, Richardson, TX (US); Zeeshan Nadir, Richardson, TX (US); John W. Glotzbach, Allen, TX (US); and Hamid R. Sheikh, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/059,822.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/336,698, filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/308,360, filed on Feb. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254591 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/745 (2023.01); G06T 5/30 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 23/745 (2023.01) [G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06T 2207/10144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20224 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining multiple image frames;
selecting, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, an asymmetrical image pair from the multiple image frames, the asymmetrical image pair comprising a first image frame and a second image frame, the first image frame having a shorter exposure than the second image frame;
identifying, using the at least one processing device, one or more features based on the asymmetrical image pair, wherein identifying the one or more features based on the asymmetrical image pair comprises:
generating a difference image based on the first image frame and the second image frame; and
dividing the difference image into patches;
determining, using the at least one processing device, whether the first image frame contains flicker based on the one or more features; and
enabling or disabling, using the at least one processing device, the first image frame as a reference candidate based on the determination whether the first image frame contains flicker.