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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Mikhail Ivanovich Trifonov, Sosnovyi Bor, RU;
Kryzstof Antoni Zaklika, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Pavel Vladimirovich Gruzdev, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Inventors:
Mikhail Ivanovich Trifonov, Sosnovyi Bor, RU;
Kryzstof Antoni Zaklika, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Pavel Vladimirovich Gruzdev, Saint Petersburg, RU;
Assignee:
Corel Corporation, Ontario, Ottawa, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reducing image noise in a digital image including establishing image data of image pixel values; specifying a local virtual surface patch; fitting the local virtual surface patch to the image data; using the local virtual surface patch to estimate a palliative value of at least one pixel in the region of the local virtual surface patch; replacing an original pixel value with the palliative value.