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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Amit Bhalchandra Prabhudesai, Bangalore, IN;
Parijat Prakash Prabhudesai, Bangalore, IN;
Inventors:
Amit Bhalchandra Prabhudesai, Bangalore, IN;
Parijat Prakash Prabhudesai, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 5/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for eliminating noise in a digital image. An ambient image and at least one flash image are captured in succession of a given location. At least one image alignment technique is applied for the ambient image and the at least one flash image. Joint mean shift filtering is applied to the at least one flash image to obtain filter weights. The filter weights are applied to the ambient image to eliminate noise in the ambient image.