System implications of implementing auto-exposure on consumer digital cameras

Nitin Sampat; Shyam Venkataraman; Thomas Yeh; Robert L. Kremens

doi:10.1117/12.342854

22 March 1999 System implications of implementing auto-exposure on consumer digital cameras

Nitin Sampat, Shyam Venkataraman, Thomas Yeh, Robert L. Kremens

Proceedings Volume 3650, Sensors, Cameras, and Applications for Digital Photography; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.342854
Event: Electronic Imaging '99, 1999, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

In consumer digital cameras, some of the primary tasks in the image capture data path include automatic focus, automatic auto-focus is implemented using maximum contrast, ranging or sonar; white balance using color gamut determinations and 'gray value estimations', and auto- exposure using scene evaluations. We evaluate the system implications of implementing one of these task, namely auto- exposure on an embedded system - a digital camera. These include, among other things, design approach, power consumption, leverage from film cameras, and component count. Commercially available digital cameras and their choice of AE implementation are discussed where appropriate. Such an evaluation will assist, we hope, anyone designing or building a digital camera sub-system.

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Nitin Sampat, Shyam Venkataraman, Thomas Yeh, and Robert L. Kremens "System implications of implementing auto-exposure on consumer digital cameras", Proc. SPIE 3650, Sensors, Cameras, and Applications for Digital Photography, (22 March 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.342854

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