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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2010
Applicant:
Akihiko Utsugi, Machida, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiko Utsugi, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing equipment generates a reduced image corresponding to an obtained image in parallel with a processing of storing the generated reduced image in a reduced image storing part, and pipelines a processing of extracting a low-frequency noise component of each of pixels included in the obtained image and a processing of sequentially subtracting the low-frequency being extracted from pixel data corresponding to one of the obtained image stored in the image storing part and an adjusted image generated from the obtained, so as to achieve a pipeline processing of a multi-resolution noise filtering with a few line memories.