公开(公告)号：US09338366B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-10

申请号：US14598766

申请日：2015-01-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ja-Won Seo ,  Hae-Sun Lee ,  Jong-Hyub Lee ,  Sung-Jun Yim

IPC: H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/243

CPC classification number: H04N5/2351 ,  H04N5/23229 ,  H04N5/243

Abstract: An apparatus and method for compensating for back light of an image are provided. The method includes receiving an image at a preset time interval, upon receiving the image, dividing pixels constituting the received image according to preset ranges, determining whether the received image is a back light image by confirming a distribution degree of pixels of each of the divided ranges, adjusting the brightness of the back light image when the received image is the back light image, and storing the received image and the back light compensated image.