The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Nishio, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Nishio, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus to perform a denoising process of removing noise included in image data based on a predetermined parameter is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data; a physical characteristic value calculating unit configured to calculate a brightness-dependent physical characteristic value based on brightness of the input image data; a color determining unit configured to determine a color of the input image data; and a parameter deciding unit configured to decide the parameter based on the physical characteristic value calculated by the physical characteristic value calculating unit and a visual characteristic value according to the color determined by the color determining unit.