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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2013
Digitaloptics Corporation Europe Limited, Galway, IE;
Felix Albu, Bucharest, RO;
Eran Steinberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexandru Drimbarean, Galway, IE;
Corneliu Florea, Bucharest, RO;
Adrian Zamfir, Bucharest, RO;
Peter Corcoran, Claregalway, IE;
Vlad Poenaru, Bucharest, RO;
DigitalOptics Corporation Europe Limited, Ballybrit, Galway, IE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing image processing. For one embodiment of the invention, an image processing apparatus is arranged to process a first relatively underexposed and sharp image of a scene, and a second relatively well exposed and blurred image, nominally of the same scene, the first and second images being derived from respective image sources. The apparatus provides a portion of the relatively first underexposed image as an input signal to an adaptive filter; and a corresponding portion of the second relatively well exposed image as a desired signal to the adaptive filter. The adaptive filter produces an output signal from the input signal and the desired signal; and an image generator constructs a first filtered image from the output signal, relatively less blurred than the second image.