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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2010
Mithun Das Gupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jing Xiao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mithun Das Gupta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jing Xiao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Application of an image filtering algorithm, which defines an algorithm window within which a center pixel is processed relative to the other pixels within the algorithm window, is improved by use of an extended window larger than and encompassing the algorithm window. This approached is applied with an edge preserving filter that works on the principle of matting affinity and allows a better representation of the range filter term in bilateral class filters. An approximate bi-affinity filter whose output is shown to be very similar to the traditional bilateral filter is defined. The present technique has the added advantage that no color space changes are required and hence an input image can be handled in its original color space.