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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Soon-geun Jang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae-hong Min, Seoul, KR;
Rae-hong Park, Seoul, KR;
Hwan-soon Sung, Seoul, KR;
Soon-geun Jang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae-hong Min, Seoul, KR;
Rae-hong Park, Seoul, KR;
Hwan-soon Sung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Sogang University, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the method including: providing one or more low dynamic range images having different exposure levels; classifying each of the one of more low dynamic range images as a saturation region, an under-saturation region, and a non-saturation region with respect to an intensity value; generating feature maps indicating a similarity between patterns of the non-saturation regions; generating final feature maps converting pixels included in the feature maps into moving pixels and non-moving pixels; defining moving regions and non-moving regions included in the one or more low dynamic range images; removing noise from the moving regions and the non-moving regions by using a first noise reduction filter for the moving regions and a second noise reduction filter for the non-moving regions; and generating a radiance map corresponding to the one or more low dynamic range images.