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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Vatsala Gopalakrishna, Bangalore, IN;
Ravi Ananthapurbacche, Bangalore, IN;
Peter Swartz, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vatsala Gopalakrishna, Bangalore, IN;
Ravi Ananthapurbacche, Bangalore, IN;
Peter Swartz, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignees:
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
STMicroelectronics International N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video processor includes a spatio-temporal noise reduction controller to determine current and previous image edge slopes and adaptively control a spatio-temporal noise reduction processor to blend current and previous images dependent on the current and previous image edge slope values.