Ess Technology, Inc.

Yiliang Bao

Joshua I Pine

Maged Bishay

A pixel correction system is provided. The pixel correction system includes a dynamic range detection system that receives test pixel data and adjacent pixel data and determines whether the test pixel data is within minimum pixel characteristic data and maximum pixel characteristic data of the adjacent pixel data. For example, if the pixel characteristic data is intensity, the dynamic range detection system detects bad pixels by identifying those pixels having an intensity value that is greater than the maximum intensity value of an adjacent pixel, or less than the minimum intensity value of an adjacent pixel. A dynamic range correction system coupled to the dynamic range detection system adjusts the test pixel data if the test pixel data is not within the maximum pixel characteristic data and the minimum pixel characteristic data, such as by setting the test pixel data equal to the maximum pixel characteristic data if the test pixel data is greater than the maximum pixel characteristic data, and by setting the test pixel data equal to the minimum pixel characteristic data if the test pixel data is less than the minimum pixel characteristic data.

Bad pixel correction while preserving features

Off-grid interpolation in image processing. The present invention provides for a more perceptually pleasing resultant image when compared to conventional image processing systems that employ on-grid interpolation. In one embodiment, the present invention is operable on a digital image generated using a mask having a Bayer pattern distribution. Off-grid RGB triplets are generated using the raw data received from the Bayer pattern mask. The undesirable mosaic-type images as well as the bright and dark discontinuities within the image that are often generated using conventional on-grid interpolation to generate RGB triplet are avoided when using the present invention. The undesirable cross talk effects that are practically unavoidable to some degree within all digital image masks are also substantially minimized. Bi-linear interpolation and cubic linear interpolation are employed to achieve a digital image having a high visually perceptual quality. The invention ensures that very thin contours and lines within the image will maintain a consistent intensity and uniformity. Where the implementation of conventional on-grid interpolations image processing systems often compromises the quality of such objects, e.g., thin lines can get a broken or dashed appearance, the present invention ensures that they maintain an accurate perceptual consistency.

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