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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Michael D McLaughlin, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/4069 (2013.01); G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20172 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, device, system, and article of manufacture are provided for generating an enhanced image of a predetermined scene from images. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a computing device, a first indication associated with continuous image capture of a predetermined scene being enabled; in response to the continuous image capture being enabled, receiving, by the computing device, from an image sensor, a reference image and a first image, wherein each of the reference image and the first image is of the predetermined scene and has a first resolution; determining an estimated second resolution of an enhanced image of the predetermined scene using the reference image and the first image; and in response to the continuous image capture being disabled, determining the enhanced image using the reference image and the first image, wherein the enhanced image has a second resolution that is at least the first resolution and about the estimated second resolution.


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