BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a digital still camera according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a graph plotting a light adaptation reaction in which the horizontal axis is time and the vertical axis is light perception threshold brightness; and
FIG. 3 is a graph plotting a contrast response function in which the horizontal axis is a contrast of a picture and the vertical axis is a level of response of neural cells of the primary, secondary, and trigeminal visual cortexes of the neocortex of the human being;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of estimating an level of adaptation, according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of adjusting a picture, according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of a control unit of a digital still camera, according to another embodiment of the present invention.