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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Chih-yuan Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chih-Yuan Yang, Hsinchu County, TW;
NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu Science Park, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A color information interpolation method is disclosed. The color information interpolation method comprises steps of receiving a luminance information corresponding to a pixel matrix, wherein the luminance information is arranged in a Bayer pattern and records a specific color information of each pixel of the pixel matrix, and the specific color information is one of a red color information, a green color information and a blue color information, calculating a horizontal variance and a vertical variance of a pixel according to the luminance information, and interpolating the pixel of the luminance information with one of a horizontal color estimate, a vertical color estimate and a directionless color estimate according to the horizontal variance and the vertical variance, to derive color information of the pixel other than the specific color information.