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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Angelo Bosco, Giarre, IT;
Arcangelo Ranieri Bruna, San Cataldo, IT;
Stewart Gresty Smith, Haddington, GB;
Inventors:
Angelo Bosco, Giarre, IT;
Arcangelo Ranieri Bruna, San Cataldo, IT;
Stewart Gresty Smith, Haddington, GB;
Assignees:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Ltd., Buckinghamshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/407 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01); H04N 1/38 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for estimating the white Gaussian noise level that corrupts a digital image by discriminating homogeneous blocks from blocks containing a textured area and skipping these last blocks when evaluating the noise standard deviation.