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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
May. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Ilia Ovsiannikov, Studio City, CA (US);
Dmitri Jerdev, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ilia Ovsiannikov, Studio City, CA (US);
Dmitri Jerdev, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aptina Imaging Corporation, George Town, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for noise reduction include embodiments that use a weighted combination based on the presence of edges of two calculated demosaiced signals to produce a noise reduced signal. The noise reduced signal may be sharpened based on a calculated luminance of the two demosaiced signals.