Abstract:
In at least one example embodiment, a method of determining motion in an image includes acquiring pixel data from a plurality of pixels in an image sensor, the plurality of pixels having respective response ranges, the response range of at least a first pixel of the pixels including a linear response range and a logarithmic response range, the plurality of pixels configured to produce pixel data according to light of the image in a scene and the response ranges and determining the motion based on the pixel data generated across the response ranges including the logarithmic response range of the at least first pixel.
Abstract:
A denoising apparatus comprising an image input unit which receives pixel data including color information of pixels included in a correction target image, a denoising unit which denoises the pixel data by a weight based averaging method, wherein the weight is set to a maximum value when a difference value between a correction target block and a comparison target block in the correction target image is zero, decreases linearly to zero as the difference value increases until it reaches a threshold value, and is set to zero when the difference value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, and an image output unit which outputs the pixel data processed by the denoising unit. The denoising unit assigns a corrected weight value to at least a guaranteed number of comparison target blocks for an impulse block, where an impulse block is a correction target block for which the number of non-zero weight valued comparison target blocks is less than a predetermined guaranteed number.
Abstract:
An image processing method includes: receiving image data of a Bayer format comprising red color information, green color information, and blue color information, generating image data of a modified Bayer format by combining the green color information with the red color information and combining the green color information with the blue color information while downscaling the image data of the Bayer format to a target resolution, denoising the image data of the modified Bayer format, and generating RGB image data by demosaicing the denoised image data of the modified Bayer format.
Abstract:
An image processing method includes: receiving image data of a Bayer format comprising red color information, green color information, and blue color information, generating image data of a modified Bayer format by combining the green color information with the red color information and combining the green color information with the blue color information while downscaling the image data of the Bayer format to a target resolution, denoising the image data of the modified Bayer format, and generating RGB image data by demosaicing the denoised image data of the modified Bayer format.
Abstract:
High quality upscaling and denoising are required in mobile imaging devices that do not contain high quality lenses. Such is also required in order to scale up standard-definition video content for display in high-definition television screens.The disclosed method uses contextual information obtained during upscaling and/or denoising of frames. Relevant correspondences between patches within a frame and between frames, are detected, managed and exploited. The correspondence information is simultaneously used and updated while video frames are being processed. Two approaches may be used: 1. keeping, searching for and updating a database of useful patches, by adding frequently visible similar patches, aggregating high-frequency, low-noise information associated with the similar patches, and removing less-observed patches; 2. Using the high-resolution and noise-reduced information that was collected from earlier video frames, and is expressed by the output of latest processed frame, for upscaling and/or noise-reducing the next processed frame.
Abstract:
A denoising apparatus comprising an image input unit which receives pixel data including color information of pixels included in a correction target image, a denoising unit which denoises the pixel data by a weight based averaging method, wherein the weight is set to a maximum value when a difference value between a correction target block and a comparison target block in the correction target image is zero, decreases linearly to zero as the difference value increases until it reaches a threshold value, and is set to zero when the difference value is greater than or equal to the threshold value, and an image output unit which outputs the pixel data processed by the denoising unit. The denoising unit assigns a corrected weight value to at least a guaranteed number of comparison target blocks for an impulse block, where an impulse block is a correction target block for which the number of non-zero weight valued comparison target blocks is less than a predetermined guaranteed number.
Abstract:
High quality upscaling and denoising are required in mobile imaging devices that do not contain high quality lenses. Such is also required in order to scale up standard-definition video content for display in high-definition television screens.The disclosed method uses contextual information obtained during upscaling and/or denoising of frames. Relevant correspondences between patches within a frame and between frames, are detected, managed and exploited. The correspondence information is simultaneously used and updated while video frames are being processed. Two approaches may be used: 1. keeping, searching for and updating a database of useful patches, by adding frequently visible similar patches, aggregating high-frequency, low-noise information associated with the similar patches, and removing less-observed patches; 2. Using the high-resolution and noise-reduced information that was collected from earlier video frames, and is expressed by the output of latest processed frame, for upscaling and/or noise-reducing the next processed frame.
Abstract:
In one example embodiment, a method includes determining at least one of integral column sums and integral row sums for pixels of an image and determining at least one of a column-wise sum of pixel values and a row-wise sum of pixel values associated with an area within the image based on at least one of the determined integral column sums and the determined integral row sums corresponding to a plurality of the pixels forming the area.
Abstract:
An image capture device can include an analysis unit that can be configured to determine a refined light model that models a light source based on first and second image signals sampled with first and second exposure times, respectively, and corresponding to first and second rows of pixels. A compensation unit can be coupled to the analysis unit, and can be configured to generate an output image signal by compensating the first and second image signals and the second image signal using compensation gains associated with the refined light model.
Abstract:
A digital image stabilization method includes taking N frames of a target image with an exposure of T, dividing each of the N frames into predetermined blocks, and selecting a reference frame from among the N frames by setting one of the blocks in each of the N frames as a reference region and comparing reference regions of the respective N frames with one another. The method further includes estimating a motion vector of each of the remaining frames based on a reference region of the reference frame, and generating a result frame by combining a weighted frame, which is obtained by mapping a weight calculated based on the estimated motion vector to each block, and a color component frame.