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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Nikolaos Georgis, San Diego, CA (US);
Fredrik Carpio, Menifee, CA (US);
Paul Jin Hwang, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When a user selects digital zooming in a camera such as might be included in a wireless telephone or PDA, a series of images are automatically obtained and superimposed using super-resolution techniques to produce an improved digital zoom image transparently to the user.