US 12,356,079 B2
Method of operating multi-camera system and multi-camera system performing the same
Kyounghwan Moon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,159.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0041556 (KR), filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319420 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/72 (2023.01) [H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a multi-camera system, the method comprising:
performing a first auto exposure (AE) on a first master camera among a plurality of first cameras controlled by a first image signal processor;
performing a first auto white balance (AWB) on the first master camera;
controlling, by the first image signal processor, operations of all of the plurality of first cameras based on results of the first auto exposure and the first auto white balance; and
changing a first number of times of performing the first auto exposure and a second number of times of performing the first auto white balance based on an illumination environment.