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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2008
Uri Kinrot, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Anatoly Litvinov, Binyamina, IL;
Yoav Lavi, Ra'anana, IL;
Irina Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Alex Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Uri Kinrot, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Anatoly Litvinov, Binyamina, IL;
Yoav Lavi, Ra'anana, IL;
Irina Alon, Binyamina, IL;
Alex Alon, Binyamina, IL;
DigitalOptics Corporation International, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Imaging apparatus () is provided for use with an image sensor (). The apparatus includes a non-linear mapping circuit (), which is configured to receive a raw stream of input pixel values generated by the image sensor and to perform a non-linear mapping of the input pixel values. to generate a mapped stream of mapped pixel values, and a linear convolution filter (), which is arranged to filter the mapped stream of mapped pixel values to generate a filtered stream of filtered pixel values. Other embodiments are also described.