Samsung patents video see-through tech to improve XR camera quality
Samsung describes a method for improving the video feed used in extended reality (XR) devices by analyzing the lighting conditions of each frame. The system creates an "adaptive camera model" and an exposure map to adjust brightness and contrast, ensuring the real-world view remains clear when mixed with digital content.
In the filing’s own words
A method includes obtaining, using at least one processing device, image data including a sequence of image frames. The method also includes analyzing, using the at least one processing device, image visual quality of the image data and generating, using the at least one processing device, an adaptive camera model by modeling a light environment associated with the image data. The method further includes generating, using the at least one processing device, an adaptive exposure ratio map by modeling the light environment associated with the image data and performing, using the at least one processing device, image enhancement using the adaptive camera model and the adaptive exposure ratio map to produce enhanced image data. In addition, the method includes generating, using the at least one processing device, final view frames based on the enhanced image data and initiating display of the final view frames on at least one display.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: obtaining, using at least one processing device of an electronic device, image data including a sequence of image frames; analyzing, using the at least one processing device, image visual quality of the image data; generating, using the at least one processing device, an adaptive camera model by modeling a light environment associated with the image data; generating, using the at least one processing device, an adaptive exposure ratio map by modeling the light environment associated with the image data; performing, using the at least one processing device, image enhancement using the adaptive camera model and the adaptive exposure ratio map to produce enhanced image data; generating, using the at least one processing device, final view frames based on the enhanced image data; and initiating display of the final view frames on at least one display.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ADAPTIVE CAMERA MODELS FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT IN VIDEO SEE-THROUGH (VST) EXTENDED REALITY (XR) OR OTHER APPLICATIONS
- Publication number
- US20260311308A1
- Application number
- 19455622
- Filed
- Jan 21, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 5/92 Physics & computingG06T 7/0002 Physics & computingG06T 2207/30168 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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