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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Paul Springer, Stuttgart, DE;
Toru Nishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Martin Richter, Dortmund, DE;
Matthias Brueggemann, Bueren, DE;
Paul Springer, Stuttgart, DE;
Toru Nishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Martin Richter, Dortmund, DE;
Matthias Brueggemann, Bueren, DE;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image enhancement apparatus for enhancing an input image of a sequence of input images. To provide the ability to increase the resolution of an input image and/or to temporally reduce artifacts and/or noise in an input image, the apparatus comprises a motion compensation unit, a weighted selection unit, a feature analysis unit, an image model unit configured to generate a modelled image by applying an image model on said input image and/or said weighted selection image, a spatio-temporal detail signal generation unit configured to generate a detail signal from said input image and said weighted selection image, and a combination unit configured to generate said enhanced output image from said input image, said detail signal and said modelled image.