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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2020
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Gregory Slabaugh, London, GB;
Youliang Yan, Shenzhen, CN;
Fenglong Song, Beijing, CN;
Gang Chen, Beijing, CN;
Jiangwei Li, Beijing, CN;
Tao Wang, Beijing, CN;
Liu Liu, Beijing, CN;
Ioannis Alexiou, London, GB;
Ioannis Marras, London, GB;
Sean Moran, London, GB;
Steven George McDonagh, London, GB;
Jose Costa Pereira, London, GB;
Viktor Vladimirovich Smirnov, Munich, DE;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of processing modules configured to operate in series to refine a raw image captured by a camera, the modules comprising a first module and a second module, each of which independently implements a respective trained artificial intelligence model, wherein: the first module implements an image transformation operation that performs an operation from the set comprising: (i) an essentially pixel-level operation that increases sharpness of an image input to the module, (ii) an essentially pixel-level operation that decreases sharpness of an image input to the module, (iii) an essentially pixel-block-level operation on an image input to the module; and the second module as a whole implements a different operation from the said set.