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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Applicants:
G. Finn Wredenhagen, Toronto, CA;
Andrew Elias, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
G. Finn Wredenhagen, Toronto, CA;
Andrew Elias, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Jaldi Semiconductor Corp., Richmond Hill, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N005/21 ; H04N005/213 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for selecting a filter for interpolating a target pixel for reducing noise in an image. The method comprises the following steps. A plurality of pixels along a predetermined contour is compared with a plurality of predefined patterns. The patterns represent visually significant patterns possible along said contour. A filter is selected from a predefined set of filters in accordance with the results of the comparison.