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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2005
Applicant:
Dmitri Jerdev, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dmitri Jerdev, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technologies, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus that allows for the correction of multiple defective pixels in an imager device. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes the steps of selecting a correction kernel for a defective pixel, determining average and difference values for pixel pairs in the correction kernel, and substituting an average value from a pixel pair for the value of the defective pixel.