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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:

Faroudja Enterprises, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yves Faroudja, Los Altos, CA (US);

Ka Lun Choi, Los Altos, CA (US);

Xu Dong, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Faroudja Enterprises, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract

One or more systems and methods for edge-adaptive and recursive non-linear filtering of ringing effect on image or video data are disclosed in accordance with various embodiments of the invention. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for edge-adaptive and recursive non-linear filtering of ringing effect first involves detecting all edges within a process area of an image, including a direction of an edge slope and a value of an edge signal level. Then, if the process area is determined to be a 'non-busy' area based on a 'busyness' measure relative to empirically-defined threshold values, then an edge influence function subsequently determines whether to apply a de-ringing filter to a current pixel within the process area or not. Preferably, the de-ringing filter is edge-adaptive, non-linear, and recursive. The de-ringing filter can adjust the current pixel multiple times based on filter angles, adjacent pixels, and pixel transition levels.


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