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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Radka Tezaur, Mountain View, CA (US);
Radka Tezaur, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for sharpening a captured image includes the steps of (i) identifying a plurality of edge pixels in the captured image, (ii) reviewing the plurality of edge pixels to identify one or more line pixels, and one or more non-line pixels in the captured image (), and (iii) sharpening the captured image utilizing a first level of overshoot control for the non-line pixels (), and utilizing a second level of overshoot control for the line pixels () The method also includes the steps of (i) identifying an intensity value for each of a plurality of neighboring pixels that are positioned near a selected pixel in a predetermined pixel window that have the highest intensity values and the lowest intensity values.