Patents by Inventor Laura MCCRACKIN

Laura MCCRACKIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reduce operating environment effect using multiple cameras
    Patent number: 9247223
    Abstract: Methods and devices for automatically white balancing an image are described. In one embodiment, a method includes: capturing a first image using a first camera associated with an electronic device and capturing a second image using a second camera associated with the electronic device, the first image and the second image being temporally related; determining one or more white balance correction values for the first image by analyzing the first image and the second image, the white balance correction value representing the effect of lighting conditions on the first image and the second image; and correcting one or more images captured by the first camera based on the white balance correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Laura McCrackin, Sung Ho Hong
  • REDUCE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT EFFECT USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS
    Publication number: 20140211041
    Abstract: Methods and devices for automatically white balancing an image are described. In one embodiment, a method includes: capturing a first image using a first camera associated with an electronic device and capturing a second image using a second camera associated with the electronic device, the first image and the second image being temporally related; determining one or more white balance correction values for the first image by analyzing the first image and the second image, the white balance correction value representing the effect of lighting conditions on the first image and the second image; and correcting one or more images captured by the first camera based on the white balance correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Laura MCCRACKIN, Sung Ho HONG