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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Yu-chen Huang, Jhudong Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yin-pin Chang, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Yu-Chen Huang, Jhudong Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Yin-Pin Chang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Altek Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of reducing image noise is provided. In the method, during the process of reducing image noise by a bilateral filter, the image noise filtering intensity of a domain filter in the bilateral filter is adjusted according to whether a regional area of the image has a frame boundary, and the image noise filtering intensity of a range filter in the bilateral filter is adjusted through the intensity of a regional area, so as to improve the image noise reduction effect of the bilateral filter.