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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ambarella International Lp, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Elliot N. Linzer, Bergenfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Ambarella International LP, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 7/44 (2017.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/44 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20182 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of noise filtering an image is presented. The method includes the steps of (A) computing a non-smooth amount for at least one area of the image, (B) computing a tone value for the at least one area of the image, (C) computing an adjusted non-smooth amount for the at least one area by adjusting the non-smooth amount for the at least one area of the image based on the tone value for the at least one area of the image, and (D) performing one or more image processing steps on the at least one area of the image based on the adjusted non-smooth amount.