Introduction

Video capture quality can be enhance with image processing, like auto white balance(AWB) and auto exposure algorithms(AE):

Auto exposure performs automatic adjustments of the image brightness according to the amount of light that reaches the camera sensor.
Auto white balance automatically compensates color differences based on lighting so white actually appears white.

Some camera sensors don't include auto white balance and/or auto exposure processing, so RidgeRun offers a library with AE and AWB algorithms for the Leopard Board DM365 and the 5Mpixel camera.

Three applications are required to support the auto exposure and auto white-balance (AEW) adjustments:

Ipiped, a DBus server for controlling and configuring the camera sensor, the dm365 video processor and the aew library.
Librraew, a library that includes auto white balance and auto exposure algorithms.
Ipipe-client, an interactive console that can be used to invoke any of the methods supported by the Ipiped.