Image pickup device and image synthesis method thereof

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PATENT NO 8953013
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13561454

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This invention discloses an image pickup device and an image synthesis method thereof The image pickup device comprises an image-pickup module, an image-synthesis module, a database and a processing module. The image-pickup module captures a plurality of temporary images of a scene. The image-synthesis module extracts a part of each temporary image and combines the parts to form a panorama temporary image, and splits the panorama temporary image into a plurality of zone-areas according to at least one threshold value and a panorama luminosity histogram. The database stores a lookup table for recording a plurality of exposure values. The plurality of the exposure values correspond to luminance values of the zone-areas respectively. The processing module obtains the plurality of exposure values corresponding to the luminance values and obtains a weighting-exposure value by an equation, and controls the image-pickup module to capture the panorama image according to the weighting-exposure value.

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  • ALTEK CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chou, Hong-Long Taipei, TW 87 599
Tseng, Chia-Chun Hsinchu, TW 16 103
Wu, Chia-Yu Hsinchu, TW 36 104

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