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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:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2006
Applicants:
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Michele O'brien, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce H. Pillman, Rochester, NY (US);
Inventors:
James E. Adams, Jr., Rochester, NY (US);
Michele O'Brien, Rochester, NY (US);
Bruce H. Pillman, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/083 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for producing a noise-reduced digital color image, includes providing an image having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the image a panchromatic image and at least one color image; and using the panchromatic image and the color image to produce the noise-reduced digital color image.